Barnsley 2-1 Huddersfield Town: Michal Helik double earns Tykes victory
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Michal Helik headed Barnsley level in the first half
Michal Helik scored twice, including a 94th-minute winner, as Barnsley beat Huddersfield for their fourth Championship victory in five games.
Polish centre-back Helik pounced deep into stoppage time after a long throw was flicked into his path.
Rarmani Edmonds-Green had put Huddersfield in front with his first goal for the club, turning in Carel Eiting's cross.
But Helik equalised with a header that hit the bar before crossing the line, and also had the last word to seal the points.
The two towns are separated by just 18 miles and there was also little to separate the two teams in an even contest, with a lively first half contrasting to a relatively scrappy second.
Edmonds-Green, whose last senior goal came in League Two for Swindon in February, was the beneficiary of a well-worked short corner routine and an inviting Eiting cross.
But Huddersfield's inability to defend set-plays - and the presence of Helik - cost them as head coach Carlos Corberan suffered defeat in his first game since signing a new long-term contract on Christmas Eve., external
They were, however, indebted to goalkeeper Ryan Schofield, who twice denied Cauley Woodrow early on and later made a good stop to keep out Barnsley substitute Victor Adeboyejo's overhead kick.
Barnsley head coach Valerien Ismael told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"[It is] the best thing in football when you have a win in additional time like this, a derby win. It's good for the guys.
"We have to speak with the guys about the set pieces, defensively, because for the moment we are very poor in this situation. We concede too many goals and we have to change this quickly.
"I think we showed a very good game in the first half. We pressed very well, we won a lot of balls and the transition game was better. Maybe the last pass was not clinical enough today but we were in the game all the time.
"Second half was a poor game because of the wind. Huddersfield played more long balls and we needed to defend them well."
Huddersfield Town head coach Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio Leeds:
"You can win a game making all the effort that we did during the 90 minutes or you can lose a game, losing the concentration in two actions that for me we are in better conditions to defend.
"I think they didn't do enough [to win], we couldn't do enough either, from an attack point of view.
"I think we started really well. After we scored the goal, we created one very clear chance with Campbell - after this, it was hard to break their press, hard to put the ball in the offensive half and we didn't create all the chances that we wanted to create."