Huddersfield Town came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw with Luton Town on Saturday, with Carel Eiting’s classy header pegging the Hatters back at the John Smith’s Stadium.

Carlos Corberan watched his side concede to George Moncur on 21 minutes, with the Luton midfielder finishing emphatically after a well-worked free-kick dropped into his path.

The Terriers’ response was good, though, particularly after half-time.

On the hour, Lewis O’Brien and Pipa managed to feed the ball left, where Josh Koroma set Harry Toffolo away on the overlap. The full-back teased the ball into a dangerous area, where it was met by the head of Eiting, who floated it beyond Simon Sluga.

A lack of quality evaded both sides in the final half-hour, with the points shared.

We break down a couple of Huddersfield talking points here…

Koroma thriving

 

After escaping a red card in the opening 20 minutes, Koroma was the driving force for Huddersfield getting back into this game.

After scuffing at Sluga early in the first-half, he had the ball in the net shortly after the half-hour mark but the offside flag denied him a third goal in three games.

He would eventually have a role to play in the game’s equaliser, feeding Toffolo to tee up Eiting, with the 22-year-old showing good vision to see his full-back’s clever run.

Either side of the goal, Koroma was a threat too. He headed over on 52 minutes and worked another shooting chance prior to Eiting’s header. He tied Sonny Bradley in knots shortly after the goal and then curled wide of Sluga’s post on 71 minutes.

Corberan eventually replaced Koroma on 82 minutes, with an afternoon’s work well done.

Fans might be frustrated by his greed sometimes, but it’s good to see a forward with the desire to score goals.

Koroma always looks to make something happen and, at this moment in time, he’s the man that’s really standing out in Corberan’s side.

Best we’ve seen of Eiting

The opening half-hour passed Carel Eiting by, with the midfielder and his teammates lost against Jones’ tactics.

You sensed that Corberan needed more from Eiting and Lewis O’Brien in the midfield, which he eventually got.

His clever ball teed up a chance for Koroma on 36 minutes and, from there, the Ajax loanee stepped things up a gear.

He lacks pace, yes, but his ability to see a pass and manipulate the ball in the final third is a really strong trait and this – from 30 minutes onwards – was the best we’ve seen of him. Corberan noted in his post-match press conference how pleased he was with Eiting in the No.10 role.

That’s even without looking at his goal. A superb team move, finished off with a header of the highest quality.

There was little pace on the ball from Toffolo, but he generated enough power to loop it back and beyond Sluga.

Playing like this, Juninho Bacuna and Alex Pritchard might find it hard breaking back into the side.

Toffolo’s leadership shining through

 

It’s no secret that Harry Toffolo is one of this side’s most important players.

He’s scored once already in 2020/21 and Saturday saw him clock up his third assist.

However, the 25-year-old isn’t just the modern-day attacking full-back, he’s excellent defensively too and growing into a real leader.

One of the few benefits of behind closed doors is witnessing how he bosses the left-side in a vocal way.

Josh Koroma is never allowed a minute of rest as Toffolo barks orders at him and even the Huddersfield bench got a taste of the 25-year-old’s organisation skills on Saturday.

Shortly after the Eiting goal, Jones manoeuvred Luton into a five-man defence, with James Bree coming on. That was to combat Huddersfield’s threat down the left, but it caused problems from Toffolo and Koroma, who found themselves overrun by a spare man for a couple of minutes.

Spotting the danger, Toffolo alerted Corberan and his coaching staff, who matched Luton up by bringing Christopher Schindler on and switching to 5-3-2.

It was a great insight into how Toffolo is growing.