Video - Huddersfield 5 Charlton 0: Nahki Wells leads five-star Terriers away from relegation trouble

They eased home last night against struggling Charlton Athletic, with comfortably their biggest win of the season, to extend their unbeaten run to five games.

The German has certainly had some impact on this side since taking over from the sacked Chris Powell in November and you can understand the elated Town fans’ enthusiasm when singing “He’s better than Klopp”, referencing Wagner’s former boss at Borussia Dortmund.

Captain Mark Hudson, in-form Nahki Wells, on-loan Jamie Paterson and Duane Holmes, the exciting 21-year-old scoring his first goal in senior football, got the goals as well as Jason Davidson, the Australian left-back scoring his first in English football since joining West Bromwich in 2014.

Of course, though, in front of a crowd of 9,736, it is the team ethic and energy that Wagner has instilled that underpinned it all and, with troubled Fulham arriving at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday, Town will sense there is a real opportunity to pull clearer still from the relegation zone.

They move up two places to 16th with this victory and ran amok in the second half when Charlton, who had been biting away illegally for most of the game, finally lost patience, substitute Reza dismissed in the 88th minute for two rash challenges in the space of just 60 seconds.

Wells, meanwhile, has now scored 10 this season but five in as many games.

The former Bradford City forward could easily have scored more last night.

He saw one right-footed volley blaze straight at Charlton keeper Stephen Henderson following a fine Davidson cross in the second half, miscued another effort over after the industrious Paterson had offered him space and then saw Henderson race out to deny him again soon after.

Regardless, Wells is certainly looking in the mood and Wolves will certainly have to raise any offer a little more if, as reported, they are serious about prising him away from John Smith’s Stadium.

Granted, his goal last night was not the most spectacular. Far from it. He poked in from almost on the goalline after Tommy Smith had done brilliantly to keep Joe Lolley’s wicked inswinging corner in play.

Indeed, Smith attempted to claim it was his goal once Wells peeled away to begin celebrations. You could not begrudge the scorer his strike, however.

The Bermudan, playing the lone striker role, had been a willing runner all night and it was his relentless striving at the top, often in lost causes, that set the tone for the rest.

It has, of course, been a theme of Wagner’s side since taking over; the pressing game he demands, instantly harassing opponents for the first five or six seconds after losing possession in order to try and win it back.

It worked on many occasions last night although Town will, too, have been a little perturbed by the number of times they did give the ball away slightly too cheaply.

In Lolley, Town boasted the cleverest player on the park and someone who thrived on taking charge, drifting past opponents in midfield, the ball seemingly stuck to his left boot.

Every time the 23-year-old took possession he injected pace and purpose to proceedings and he proved a constant irritant for Charlton opponents,

Lolley was well-supported in midfield by the likes of Jonathan Hogg and Emyr Huws, who returned for Sean Scannell, while Davidson offered that threat down the left, too, with some quality crosses.

It was Davidson and Lolley who combined on that side to force Charlton defender Roger Johnson into conceding the corner that led to Town’s opener in the 17th minute. Paterson found himself in possession on the right and his cross was met firmly by Hudson, the centre-half heading home against the club he spent a season at in 2008-09.

Wells made it 2-0 in the 44th minute but it was not until the 75th that Paterson made sure, the Nottingham Forest forward showing quality by dribbling into the box and finishing.

Holmes, a sprightly attacking presence off the bench, added his rather fortuitous goal soon after, his shot ricocheting off a Charlton defender, before Davidson completed the rout in injury-time.

Huddersfield Town: Steer; Smith, Hudson (Cranie 78), Lynch, Davidson; Hogg, Huws (Holmes 54); Lolley (Dempsey 61), Paterson, Bunn; Wells.

Charlton Athletic: Henderson; Solly, Johnson, Lennon; Gudmundsson (Makienok 62), Williams (Reza 74), Poyet, Jackson, Fox (Holmes-Dennis 62) ; Harriott, Vaz Te.

Referee: G Eltringham (County Durham).