Five conclusions: Huddersfield Town much better but still own worst enemy against Wycombe

The Terriers created enough to win 5-1 but surrendered two late leads to somehow walk away with just a point from a 3-3 draw

1. The good, the bad and the ugly

You have to give credit where it’s due: it was a tremendous effort from all involved to join in the centenary celebration of Huddersfield Town’s third league title in a row by contriving to fill the scoreboard with threes.

We spent much of the game doing this on a continuous loop:

Town were mostly good, except when they weren’t. It was staggering that they went in a goal down after missing at least three clear-cut chances: Radinio Balker heading wide twice, and Alfie May somehow contriving to slip after rounding the keeper and taking the ball too wide.

Wycombe’s goal on the counter-attack came against the run of play, and you suspect it was the exact kind of goal Michael Duff had planned for his side to score.

Town had been good enough that a fightback felt inevitable, though, and another belter from Ryan Ledson got things started. Marcus Harness completed the turnaround.

Going into the 90th minute, Town were 2-1 up. You would expect them to win the game from there.

In the 96th minute, having conceded an equaliser, Harness put Town ahead again. You would most certainly expect them to win the game from there. But of course, they didn’t.

With everything that was on the line, watching them fluff their lines once again was incredibly frustrating. Town had done more than enough to deserve to win the game with their best attacking performance in months. If they had come away with a 5-1 victory, Wycombe would genuinely have had little to complain about.

Still, it’s hard to extend much credit for the performance when the three points were so important in the circumstances, so many chances went begging, and the goals Town ultimately conceded were so avoidable. Given that Wycombe also hit the post in injury time at 2-2, Town were arguably lucky to get away with a draw in the end.

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