Huddersfield Town player ratings as Terriers fluff it yet again against Bolton
After going 3-1 up against ten men, Huddersfield yet again collapsed and ended up held to a draw thanks to goal deep into injury time
Jak Alnwick - 6
Decent distribution and came off his line at the right moments to stop a couple of Bolton attacks. Couldn’t do anything about the goals.
Radinio Balker - 5
Fortunate that Sam Dalby didn’t capitalise after losing track of his run to the near post just after the half hour. Won the knockdown from Cameron Humphreys’ free kick for David Kasumu to score soon after the break. Gave the ball away needlessly to let Bolton push forward for their second goal. Booked for the most cynical foul in the world in injury time.
Murray Wallace - 5
Couldn’t get to the ball quickly enough to stop Eoin Toal heading in the opener, but shouldn’t have had to intervene in the first place. Stepped out well to cover for the midfield on occasion when they were beaten on the break. Not sure if he could have done more to try and stop Johnny Kenny’s goal, but it was hit with such venom he perhaps just didn’t have time to react.
Sean Roughan - 6
Tried to catch the keeper off his line early in the second half but sliced it wide. Read the game well to make some decent interceptions and drive forward, including on the way to claiming an assist for Kasumu’s second goal. Won a good tackle on Amario Cozier-Duberry inside the box only for Johnny Kenny to power home the loose ball with Roughan powerless to get there in time. Couldn’t stop Cozier-Duberry on the way to Bolton’s third goal though.
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Lasse Sorensen - 7
Slow to get out from the near post as Bolton had all the time in the world to cross from a short corner routine. Put in about half a dozen crosses in the first half but not able to find a teammate, mostly thanks to good defending but one or twice down to poor deliveries. Great ball across goal on the way to Town earning a penalty that also saw Bolton reduced to ten men. Booked deep into stoppage time for grabbing the ball with his hands after being brought down in the Bolton corner, with Harness furious he didn’t take the option to cross it instead.
Cameron Humphreys - 4
Unable to maintain his levels from midweek in the first half. Played some nice crossfield balls but was also caught on the ball or got his press wrong to leave the defence exposed several times. Better after the break, though, and delivered the free kick from which Town made it 1-1. Booked for a high foot on the hour after losing possession on the edge of his own third. Left Ibrahim Cissoko completely free for a cutback on the edge of the box as Bolton scored at the death.
Ryan Ledson - 5
Slid in to clear away a flicked-on free kick before Sam Dalby could finish it early on. Booked for a cynical foul a few moments later. Lucky that Dalby missed a clear-cut chance from a flicked-on corner right before half time after getting away from Ledson. Didn’t have enough impact on the game.
Bali Mumba - 5
Defensively solid enough, particularly when left as the last man on the counter-attack from set pieces, but didn’t offer enough in attack. Taken off in injury time.
Marcus Harness - 6
Let Toal get up to win a header as Town went behind to yet another set piece on 14 minutes. Made up for that by playing a part in the build-up to Town’s penalty, which he then converted. Booked just after the hour for a cynical foul.
David Kasumu - 7
Should have gone over to try and at least try and stop the delivery on Bolton’s early goal. Often the free man in attack but didn’t really do anything with it in the first half. Was in the right place to bundle home Balker’s knockdown to make it 1-1, and would surely have tapped in Sorensen’s ball across the face of goal if he hadn’t been pulled back by the hand by Jordi Osei-Tutu. Got a second goal thanks to a big deflection that left the keeper wrong-footed, then subbed off immediately after.
George Sebine - 5
Made his first senior start in place of the injured Bojan Radulovic. Put himself about well and made some decent near-post runs to meet Sorensen’s crosses that were thwarted by the Bolton defence.
Substitutes
Dion Charles (for Sebine 67) - On against his former club. Hassled well. Isolated, in fairness to him. 5
Marcus McGuane (for Kasumu 67) - On in central midfield with Humphreys taking over from Kasumu. Too easily beaten on the way to Bolton’s second goal and nowhere to be found in the middle of the pitch on the way to their third. 3
Joe Low (for Mumba 90+8) - n/a
Unused substitutes: Nik Tzanev, Antony Evans, Mickel Miller, Alfie May.
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