Last-gasp Huddersfield beat Blackburn

Published on: 29 December 2020

Huddersfield went in front eight minutes into the second half

Huddersfield defender Naby Sarr netted twice - including a last-minute winner - as his side overcame Blackburn to record a fifth consecutive home victory.

Sarr nodded home Isaac Mbenza's corner early in the second half, but Rovers seemed to have secured a point when substitute Sam Gallagher levelled four minutes from time.

However, Town's Senegalese defender then grabbed his second with a cool left-foot finish, latching onto Pipa's through ball and firing into the roof of the net.

Huddersfield's win enabled them to climb to 12th place in the table, leapfrogging Rovers, who slip to 14th.

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In a slow start, Harvey Elliott was unable to convert a couple of half-chances for the visitors, whose rhythm was disrupted when on-loan Norwich midfielder Tom Trybull went off injured after just 10 minutes.

Yet Adam Armstrong should have put Blackburn in front, pouncing from close range after Bradley Johnson's shot had been blocked - only for goalkeeper Ryan Schofield to fling out his left arm and pull off a remarkable stop.

Ryan Nyambe set up Armstrong again soon afterwards, but the striker rifled into the side netting while, at the other end, Thomas Kaminski denied Juninho Bacuna at his near post.

It was as close as Huddersfield came to scoring in the first half, but they rectified that eight minutes after the restart when Sarr rose to head Mbenza's corner into the net.

Mbenza and Harry Toffolo went close to extending the Terriers' advantage, but Blackburn made a raft of substitutions, which paid off when Armstrong broke and fired a shot that Schofield could only parry for Gallagher to slot in the rebound.

Yet Town renewed their push for a winner and gained their reward in the 90th minute as Pipa's delicate chip into the box picked out Sarr, who controlled and finished to seal the points.

    Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text

Line-upsHuddersfield

    31Schofield2ÁvilaBooked at 41mins35Edmonds-Green23Sarr3Toffolo18MbenzaSubstituted forRoweat 84'minutes6HoggBooked at 67mins14EitingSubstituted forBrownat 90+5'minutes8O'Brien22CampbellBooked at 55mins7BacunaSubstituted forPritchardat 89'minutes

Substitutes

    1Hamer5Vallejo Mínguez10Pritchard17Duhaney24Harratt27Crichlow28Brown29Rowe34Daly

Blackburn

    1Kaminski2NyambeSubstituted forBuckleyat 66'minutes26LenihanBooked at 50mins5AyalaSubstituted forDowningat 72'minutes17Bell8RothwellSubstituted forGallagherat 65'minutes19TrybullSubstituted forHoltbyat 11'minutesBooked at 89mins4Johnson16ElliottSubstituted forDackat 65'minutes7Armstrong20Brereton

Substitutes

    6Downing9Gallagher10Holtby13Pears15Douglas18Davenport21Buckley23Dack39Dolan

Referee:Matt DonohueMatch StatsHome TeamHuddersfieldAway TeamBlackburnPossessionHome51%Away49%ShotsHome15Away16Shots on TargetHome7Away4CornersHome5Away3FoulsHome17Away12Live TextPost update

Match ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

90'+8'Full Time

Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

90'+7'Post update

Foul by Harry Toffolo (Huddersfield Town).

90'+7'Post update

Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.

90'+6'Post update

Attempt missed. Bradley Johnson (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Amari'i Bell.

90'+5'Substitution

Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jaden Brown replaces Carel Eiting.

90'+3'Post update

Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bradley Johnson.

90'+3'Post update

Attempt saved. Fraizer Campbell (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pipa with a through ball.

90'+2'Post update

Attempt blocked. Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amari'i Bell.

90'goalGoal!

Goal! Huddersfield Town 2, Blackburn Rovers 1. Naby Sarr (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pipa with a through ball.

89'Booking

Lewis Holtby (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

89'Post update

Lewis O'Brien (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

89'Post update

Foul by Lewis Holtby (Blackburn Rovers).

89'Substitution

Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Alex Pritchard replaces Juninho Bacuna.

87'Post update

Fraizer Campbell (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

87'Post update

Foul by Bradley Johnson (Blackburn Rovers).

86'goalGoal!

Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Blackburn Rovers 1. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

86'Post update

Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

84'Substitution

Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Aaron Rowe replaces Isaac Mbenza.

82'Post update

Foul by Lewis O'Brien (Huddersfield Town).

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Source: bbc.com

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