Huddersfield Town 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers: Chairboys hit back from 2-0 down to win
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Joe Jacobson's penalty for Wycombe levelled the scores at 2-2
Josh Knight's winner three minutes from time earned Wycombe just a fourth Championship win of the season as they rallied superbly from 2-0 down to beat Huddersfield.
Knight completed the comeback in a second half that Wycombe dominated with a smart touch and left-foot finish.
The opening period was depressingly familiar for Gareth Ainsworth's side as Juninho Bacuna's third goal of the season and Isaac Mbenza gave Huddersfield a two-goal lead.
But Anis Mehmeti's low shot in first-half stoppage time pulled a goal back for the visitors and when Uche Ikpeazu was fouled in the box after half-time, Joe Jacobson scored from the penalty spot to level the game.
The visitors spurned several chances to take the lead but finally Knight scored to warm Wycombe hearts on the coldest of afternoons.
The Chairboys remain 10 points from safety in the Championship but this turnaround will give them hope of sparking a revival.
Huddersfield have now gone seven matches without victory in the league, including five defeats, and had control of the game approaching half-time.
They took an early lead as Fraizer Campbell's volleyed cross from the right found Bacuna to finish with a close-range header.
Mbenza made it two after cutting in from the left and finished with a left-foot shot across goal to complete a swift counter-attack.
But Mehmeti found a quick response, cleverly working himself some space to shoot into the bottom-left corner from the top of the penalty area.
After half-time Ikpeazu made excellent ground down the left before cutting into the box and being brought down, allowing Jacobson to equalise with his fourth goal in seven league games.
Garath McCleary and Daryl Horgan went close to a third for Wycombe before Knight's late winner.
Reaction - 'we're going to come out swinging'
Huddersfield head coach Carlos Corberán:
"We should have scored a third goal at 2-0, then they scored before half-time and we lost confidence to do what we had to in the second half.
"We had anxiety when managing the ball and tried to finish the game before it was over.
"We stopped doing what we did to score our two goals and gave options to the opponents.
"We have to change the dynamic of the results. I want to keep this team in the Championship."
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth:
"I know a lot of people would have said 'here we go again' but not me, I know what I've got and I've said here's how we're going to do it.
"I asked for fight and whatever happens we're going to come out swinging, that's the Wycombe way and we've lost that a bit recently.
"We've conceded two goals that are avoidable but we could have scored four or five and we really played well in the second half."