Barnsley 1-1 Huddersfield: Goals from Lewis O'Brien and Carlton Morris see Tykes and Terriers draw
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Barnsley are still seeking their first win under new coach Poya Asbaghi after sharing the spoils with Huddersfield at Oakwell.
Terriers skipper Lewis O'Brien put the visitors ahead in the 33rd minute, finishing a slick move from Josh Koroma's pass.
The Tykes levelled on the stroke of half-time when Carlton Morris netted his first goal of the season.
Huddersfield had the better chances to snatch victory after the break, but they were forced to settle for a point.
Despite the teeming rain at Oakwell, Morris always looked a threat for the home side and the striker stabbed an early opportunity wide from close range before Huddersfield began to take control.
Koroma caused Barnsley persistent problems, cutting inside to force a tip-over from goalkeeper Brad Collins before holding up Fraizer Campbell's pass and perfectly judging the run of O'Brien, who advanced to rifle a left-foot finish into the corner.
Koroma almost doubled the Terriers' advantage, hitting the bar in first-half injury time - only for Barnsley to break as Morris raced onto Michal Helik's long ball and slotted in the equaliser.
That was only the Tykes' second goal in five games and they remain the Championship's lowest scorers with 14, rarely looking likely to increase that tally after the interval.
O'Brien sent another drive fizzing just wide of the post for Huddersfield, while Collins produced another good stop to block Koroma's deflected effort midway through the second half.
Barnsley remain 23rd in the table, eight points adrift of safety, with Huddersfield slipping to 11th.
Barnsley head coach Poya Asbaghi told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"Overall, even if we're disappointed with not winning, we are learning things step by step and today is a much better game than we played before.
"When you look at the game and especially the first half, we can be happy with the development of the team. We were creating chances, we were mixing the attacks and we were playing good football.
"I think the feeling coming into half-time was that we were the better team. We were brave on the ball in the first half, then we lost a little bit of that - we didn't look as fresh as I wanted us to look.
"If we can keep up with what we did in the first half for a longer time, we will have more energy to look for a decisive goal."
Huddersfield manager Carlos Corberán told BBC Radio Leeds:
"In general we're happy. Both teams were equal and had chances.
"In the second half we had opportunities but couldn't finish them.
"We didn't control the details in the game that could have made the difference. After our last defeat you come here with three points in your mind but didn't achieve the result we wanted."