Huddersfield Town 1-5 Fulham: Ivan Cavaleiro scores two late goals to seal emphatic win
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Substitute Ivan Cavaleiro scored seconds after coming on and added a second deep into injury time to put the seal on the win
Marco Silva enjoyed his first victory as Fulham boss as his side thrashed Huddersfield to move top of the early season Championship table.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored the opener before Josh Onomah made it two with a bundled close-range finish.
Matty Pearson reduced the gap but Fabio Carvalho responded immediately to make it 3-1 at the break.
Fulham comfortably handled Harry Wilson's red card and Ivan Cavaleiro scored twice late on to seal the win.
The Cottagers were almost ahead inside 90 seconds when Onomah got a shot away from 20 yards which looked to be curling in, until Ryan Schofield saved at full-stretch.
But Schofield blotted his copybook after nine minutes when he made a mess of a clearance, sending it straight to Mitrovic, who was left with a simple finish.
They doubled the advantage after 37 minutes through a scruffy goal, as Onomah bundled the ball home following a corner.
Huddersfield had been second best but found a way back into the game when Pearson rose highest to nod home a Sorba Thomas cross at the far post, four minutes before the break.
But the Terriers couldn't hold on until half-time, conceding almost straight from the kick-off, as Carvalho was left unmarked to slot Bobby Decordova-Reid's pass under Schofield from close-range.
Fulham were in cruise control when Wales international Wilson kicked out in retaliation to a late challenge from Levi Colwill, which earned the £12m summer signing from Liverpool a straight red card.
But Huddersfield were unable to take advantage of the extra man and conceded a fourth when Cavaleiro scored seconds after replacing Carvalho with 13 minutes remaining.
Cavaleiro made it five in injury time to compound Huddersfield's misery and show that Fulham are intent on securing an immediate return to the Premier League.
Fulham head coach Marco Silva:
"We were the better team and deserved the three points. We didn't get what we deserved last week, but we did this week. We prepared well and controlled the game well. There are plenty of positives.
"They like to press high but we beat the pressure well and the players enjoyed it. We handled it well after the red card. The goal after the red card was a perfect response.
"I didn't see the red card but we have to keep our emotional balance, especially for the stronger creative players we have. They are suffering tackles every time and should be more protected, you have to protect these type of players."
Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio Leeds:
"In the first minutes of the game we were competing well, winning second balls, I didn't feel that any team was dominating.
"We had the chance to score from a corner and immediately after, in a situation we need to avoid, we concede a goal which made us lose confidence. It was a strange goal and we didn't defend well when we conceded the second one.
"After that, the dynamic of the game is more complicated. When we concede five goals it means we need to improve in defence but when I analyse the goals there are more things we need to improve. We conceded two goals that we were in the perfect condition to avoid."