Huddersfield Town player ratings as Terriers grab late late late late win at Leyton Orient
Radinio Balker's own goal gave the hosts the advantage before Bojan Radulovic equalised on the stroke of half time and substitute Ryan Ledson scored a 106th minute winner
Lee Nicholls - 6
Mainly routine work to do in the game, but came up trumps in injury time by saving well from Dom Ballard.
Radinio Balker - 5
Put a diving header past Nicholls to gift Leyton Orient the lead as he tried to deal with a cross. Looked determined to make up for that and took a couple of opportunities to join the attack soon after the break. Had a fierce shot well blocked. Went off just after the hour in a planned change.
Murray Wallace - 5
Steady away as ever for most of the game, though could count himself lucky not to be sent off for two cynical fouls in succession late on, the second of which escaped a card, and was unable to full commit to stopping a couple of Orient breaks thereafter. Looked to have wasted a chance to score the winner when he hit the bar off Radulovic’s knockdown in the 14th minute of added time — really should have scored.
Sean Roughan - 5
Absolutely abysmal with the ball until the last minute of the first half, when he put in a lovely cross for Bojan Radulovic to head home the equaliser. Broadly fine after the break. Vital block in injury time after Wallace was beaten, and touched the ball down for Ryan Ledson to finish deep, deep into injury time.
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Lasse Sorensen - 4
One of two changes to the starting line-up after his goal from the bench on Friday. Got into some good forward positions but took too many touches when he had the opportunity to play the ball earlier, giving Orient time to recover. Switched to centre-back midway through the second half with Lynden Gooch taking over out wide.
Cameron Humphreys - 5
Fine. Hard to be too influential in a deep lying role when teammates can’t get the ball to you.
Marcus McGuane- 6
One of a very small number of decent performers in a dreadful first half. Booked soon after the break for a clumsy foul and went off midway through the second half.
Bali Mumba - 4
Didn’t impact the game on the ball. Made some useful defensive interceptions.
Marcus Harness - 4
Booked in the first half, where he joined his teammates in being unable to make an impact. A bit brighter in the second half but collided head-to-head with George Sebine midway through and was left bloodied, but able to keep playing on with a fat bandage.
David Kasumu - 5
Into the side to continue in the number 10 role alongside Marcus Harness. Should have have a free kick just outside the box in first-half injury time after winning the ball off a half-asleep defender. You know exactly what we’re going to say: good off the ball, worked hard, carried it well, poor end product that wasted a few good openings.
Bojan Radulovic - 7
Superbly-steered header after staying onside to meet Roughan’s cross just before the break and give Town a scarcely-deserved equaliser. Deserved more of that kind of service, didn’t get it enough. Knocked it down for Wallace to hit the bar late on.
Substitutes
George Sebine (for McGuane 65) - Clashed heads with Harness immediately after coming on and looked to be in a bad way. Thankfully walked off the pitch but had to be subbed straight back off. n/a
Lynden Gooch (for Balker 65) - Not really an improvement on Sorensen at wing-back. 4
Dion Charles (for Sebine 73) - Chaotic neutral. 4
Mickel Miller (for Harness 90) - A late call-up to the bench after Josh Feeney was forced out of the squad. n/a
Ryan Ledson (for Kasumu 90+6) - Scored the late deflected winner in the 106th minute. n/a
Antony Evans (for Humphreys 90+6) - Twice gave it away on halfway to hand Orient a quick break and was lucky they didn’t take advantage on either occasion. Didn’t look quite right and didn’t seem to have completely mobility. Did however cross in the drop ball from which Town scored their late winner. n/a
Unused substitutes: Jak Alnwick.
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