Huddersfield Town 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Terriers storm to victory in second half

Managerless Huddersfield boosted their Championship survival hopes by thrashing fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 at the John Smith's Stadium.

All four goals came in the final quarter of the contest as the Terriers recorded their biggest victory of the season.

Josh Koroma scored a 10-minute brace with Matty Pearson and Sorba Thomas adding one apiece to earn Town their first win since Boxing Day.

It was their first match under interim boss Jon Worthington following the sacking of Darren Moore on Monday.

After a scrappy start, Wednesday went close to getting their noses in front in the ninth minute. Djeidi Gassama put Huddersfield's defence on the back foot before teeing up Ike Ugbo, whose shot was deflected over by Tom Lees.

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From the resulting corner, Michael Ihiekwe saw his looping header cleared off the line by Rhys Healey as the visitors continue to press for the opener.

Huddersfield offered precious little in an attacking sense, with Koroma shooting wide when well placed after good work from Bojan Radulovic.

They were then forced into a tactical reshuffle after Healey was forced off with a groin injury. Ben Wiles was introduced to the fray as the hosts looked to get a grip of the midfield battle.

It was a full-blooded contest packed full of industry but low on quality. The tackles continued to fly in and Kristian Pedersen - who was making his Wednesday debut after arriving on loan from Swansea on deadline day - was cautioned after bundling over Alex Matos.

James Beadle was finally forced into action in the Wednesday goal after 34 minutes, expertly charging down Thomas' effort following an excellent pass from Wiles.

Huddersfield, who are on the hunt for their third permanent boss of the season following Moore's dismissal last Monday, finished the half strongly.

Jonathan Hogg slipped Thomas in down the right but Radulovic was unable to turn in the winger's dangerous centre after Beadle was caught out of position.

The hosts lost another forward through injury after the break, with Brahima Diarra taking over from Radulovic.

But Worthington's side broke the deadlock midway through the half. Pearson rose highest at the back post to head in Thomas' corner. It was the defender's second goal of the campaign.

Things got even better for Huddersfield in the 70th minute as Koroma doubled their advantage. He raced onto Wiles' inviting through ball before coolly firing the ball past Beadle.

As Wednesday committed more bodies forward, they left themselves open at the back and Huddersfield ruthlessly exposed them by bagging a third through Thomas after he shrugged off the attentions of Pederson.

Koroma added a fourth in the 80th minute to compound Wednesday's woes. No team in the Championship has lost more away games than Wednesday this term (12) and the defeat leaves the visitors second-bottom, eight points from safety.

The managers

Huddersfield's caretaker manager Jon Worthington:

"It was a privilege for me to take the game.

"I have been here since I was nine years old; I'm normally sat with my kids in the stand supporting.

"To be asked to step in and do that was a great honour and I'm in dreamland when it's 4-0.

"I will sit back tonight and no one can take that away from me. It is a special moment for me and my family, who are here every single week.

"We knew we had to win the game and that was the message throughout. Nothing else.

"I think you have to go into every home game with that mentality regardless of the opposition.

"I respect Sheffield Wednesday and the job that (manager) Danny (Rohl) has done there but I was really keen to make the game about us and what we can do.

"I wanted us to be on the front foot and impact it today.

"It was so important to get the result. It lifts everybody.

"The players and the staff are buzzing in the dressing room as well as the fans, who will go home extremely happy this evening."

Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl:

"Until the first goal, it was a typical fight from both teams. Both teams had their moments. We didn't play how I wanted us to play on the ground.

"It was an open game and we had our moments. We conceded from a corner and after this we lost a little bit of our head. We wanted to come back immediately and we were open.

"The goals we conceded were too easy. We have to play 100 per cent for 90-plus minutes and if we don't do this, it's hard to take something.

"We put in a great performance against Watford on Wednesday and today we lost 4-0 and it is a knock for everybody.

"Everybody is disappointed. I will lift them on Monday.

"There are still 16 games to go. It's a challenge but it's what we have to do."

"I have learned a lot about my team in the last few months and how big the morale is. Today is a setback in our fight.

"I always spoke about our process but it is about taking results now. I will go forward and lead this group and at the end we will see if it is enough. Today was not good enough.

"As long as I'm the manager here, we will fight in every game to take something. We have to come back stronger and try again."

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