Huddersfield 2-2 Bournemouth

Huddersfield direct and determined, Bournemouth neat and nippy with the away side certainly a great deal more entertaining.

Not that either team created anything to get excited about in the first 30 minutes, with both keepers untested. It was therefore a relief when on 33 minutes Josh McQuoid cut inside to curl the ball round Jamie McCombe and beyond the outstretched arms of Alex Smithies.

With little to suggest that Huddersfield could force their way back into the game Bournemouth made it through easily to 45 minutes, but seemed to switch off when the fourth official's board went up indicating two minutes remained to play. Gary Roberts curled over a corner and up went Antony Kay to power home the equaliser.

If that wasn't bad enough the Cherries appeared to be still on their half-time break when the second period resumed. Marvin Bartley's challenge on Roberts was clumsy, and he paid the penalty when the Huddersfield man got back to his feet to tuck home the resulting spot-kick on 48 minutes.

It might have got even worse for Eddie Howe's team on 62 minutes, but with Shwan Jalal beaten the Huddersfield centre-forward Alan Lee saw his shot bounce back into play off the post.

The escape seemed to inspire the south-coast side and they should have been level on 74 minutes when Marc Pugh timed his run to perfection, but failed miserably to control substitute Danny Holland's lovely throughball, allowing Smithies to collect.

To his credit the former Hereford man failed to let his miss get him down, and just five minutes later Pugh seemed to appear from nowhere to get on the end of substitute Harry Arter's cross over the home rearguard to bury his header past Smithies and make it 2-2.