Huddersfield Town vs Luton Town. Sky Bet Championship.
The John Smith's Stadium.
Report and highlights from the Championship clash between Huddersfield and Luton Town at the John Smith's Stadium as George Moncur put the Hatters in front but Carel Eiting earned a draw for the home side.
Saturday 7 November 2020 18:09, UK
Carel Eiting's second-half header rescued a point for Huddersfield in a 1-1 draw with Luton.
The Hatters had led at the break after George Moncur hit his eighth goal in 12 starts for the club.
But the Terriers came out much improved after the break, with Eiting and Josh Koroma helping them take control of the game.
And they got their reward for a good spell of pressure when Eiting levelled on the hour mark after getting on the end of Harry Toffolo's cross.
Neither side looked likely to find a winner from that point as Huddersfield ended a run of successive home defeats.
Harry Cornick shot straight at Ben Hamer after the Huddersfield defence backed off in the fifth minute.
Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu took the ball away from Eiting at the expense of a corner as he looked to shoot in the eighth minute.
Mpanzu fizzed a cross back into the danger zone after Moncur had a shot blocked in the 15th minute.
But Moncur found the back of the net with a brilliant half-volley after Sonny Bradley kept a free-kick from deep alive six minutes later.
Lewis O'Brien skied an effort wide from the edge of the box in the 33rd minute after he turned well to create space.
Ben Hamer turned away a fierce Moncur cross-cum-shot a minute later from under his crossbar.
Koroma tamely fired straight at the keeper after Eiting slipped him in and Fraizer Campbell had an acrobatic shot cleared by Bradley in the 42nd minute, before Simon Sluga turned behind Adama Diakhaby's deflected shot at his near post.
Koroma had a shot from distance charged down inside the first minute of the second half and he next headed inches over from close range after a Diakhaby shot was deflected in the 51st minute.
The Terriers winger had another goal-bound shot blocked for a corner as he began to find space.
Huddersfield were demanding a penalty after Naby Sarr went down as he battled Matty Pearson for the ball.
Ajax loanee Eiting got his first goal in a Huddersfield shirt six minutes later after Toffolo picked him out with a perfect chipped cross.
Koroma curled an effort just wide from distance in the 71st minute, before Richard Stearman did well to stop Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in his tracks soon after.
James Collins flashed a header across the face of goal two minutes later, before he headed wide in stoppage time as Luton pushed for a late winner.
Campbell had a shot on the turn saved by Sluga after Pearson's block took the sting out of it.
Huddersfield's Carlos Corberan: "The pass previous to the last action was missing in the first half, and then we conceded from a set-piece. That tested the personality of the team, but we stuck to our style and scored a goal that showed it. Anxiety can make you play a different way, but we showed our character. The players believe in what they are doing.
"We saw a different team after the restart. We didn't concede a lot of chances and I am pleased with the performance for 65 to 70 minutes. I cannot say I am happy or unhappy with a point, but what I can say is that we have totally deserved every point we have claimed in the league."
Luton's Nathan Jones: "It is a good point for us. We have got four points on the road in a week and we would have taken that at the start. I am proud of the players for their work-rate, I am proud of the players for their desire to get a result. We have not overachieved, we have not underachieved. We feel we are at a place where we should be at.
"We probably could have got two more points against Forest and then we would be in an even better position. I am delighted with the return I am getting, the work-rate and the strength of the squad. We are in a decent place."
