Five conclusions as big mistakes prove costly in Blackburn draw

There were promising signs with the new arrivals in the side, but two notable incidents stopped Darren Moore's side taking full advantage

1. A big mistake at either end defined the game

Huddersfield Town should have been two goals up at half time and left with the relatively straightforward job of seeing the game out after the break. But of course, that half — and the game — ended with the sides holding a goal apiece thanks to two moments that will give the culpable players sleepless nights.

Jonathan Hogg’s blind pass allowed Blackburn to take the lead as Adam Wharton intercepted to go clean through on Lee Nicholls to score, while Jack Rudoni missed an exceptionally presentable chance earned through Josh Koroma’s determined work to get into the opposition box and put in a cross.

Those are the two players you would have least expected to make those respective errors, and it speaks to the twin sources of unease that have afflicted Town for months: the transition to a new style of play that relies on building out from the back, and a consistent inability to create clear-cut chances.

The irony of Hogg’s mistake was that it came from a desire to avoid the very thing we criticised Town (and Hogg in particular) for failing to do last week — namely, he was trying to play the ball ahead of Brodie Spencer so he could run onto it and play forward, rather than taking the safer option of passing back to Lee Nicholls. There was nothing wrong with the idea or with Spencer’s movement. There’s no point sugar-coating it, it was just a crap pass.