Huddersfield Town 1-1 Ipswich Town: Tractor Boys go top and deny Darren Moore first win

Darren Moore has drawn both of his first two games in charge of Huddersfield

Brandon Williams headed in a late equaliser to earn Championship high-flyers Ipswich Town a point while denying Darren Moore a first win as Huddersfield Town boss.

Moore, who secured a point in his first game in charge of the Terriers after succeeding Neil Warnock in midweek, looked like he might snatch all three after Delano Burgzorg cut in and drilled a low shot past Vaclav Hladky just after the hour.

They might have made sure had Josh Koroma and Jack Rudoni not been denied in each half respectively by Hladky.

However, Williams spectacularly met a cross three minutes from time to square the game after Lee Nicholls had denied Freddie Ladapo with a remarkable reaction save.

It was enough to take Ipswich to the top of the Championship, albeit Leicester City have the chance to unseat them again when they face Blackburn Rovers on Sunday lunchtime.

Ipswich have taken well to life in the second tier since promotion, largely thanks to the goals and assists of Nathan Broadhead, Ladapo and Conor Chaplin so far this season, but it was an unlikely hero in Williams with his first goal since November 2019.

Kieran McKenna's side remain unbeaten away from Portman Road, avoiding a third consecutive defeat by the Terriers.

Moore has continued the good work of predecessor Warnock to extend the hosts' unbeaten run to five games.

This was a taste of his own medicine for the former Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion and Doncaster Rovers boss, who had seen his side snatch a point late on against Coventry City in his maiden game in charge.

Huddersfield Town manager Darren Moore:

"It was a good, solid performance. We set out our stall early in the game by disrupting Ipswich from settling into their play and their rhythm.

"And then we got the ball into real threatening areas of the pitch; we could have capitalised more with the chances we created.

"We had the more clear-cut chances in the afternoon and I was pleased when we got the goal because we deserved to get our noses in front.

"I'd have liked to have seen us extend that because the game was disrupted by the substitutions we were forced to make.

"When Ipswich did score, we didn't allow them to go on and win the game, which was pleasing because it would've been a travesty from our point of view."

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna:

"We need to stay humble and keep learning. There's parts of the team and the group that are relatively inexperienced at this level and we'll learn lots from a game like today.

"We're in the middle of a busy schedule and against a motivated team with a new manager and that makes for an excited crowd and energetic group of players.

"It was a tough-fought and competitive game; we had to fight really hard for the point and we can take positives in the way that we kept going.

"We were the team at the end of the game that looked likelier to get the winning goal and that shows good resilience and ambition from the group.

"It's a good point because we didn't play anywhere near our best but we just need to keep focusing on our performances."