Town have a chance to get back on track as they host Liverpool
Martin Drury the head coach of Huddersfield Town
Martin Drury the head coach of Huddersfield Town
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Huddersfield Town boss Martin Drury insists his side will look to “move on quickly” from Saturday’s shock FA Cup exit as they prepare to face Liverpool under-21s in the EFL Trophy this evening.
The Terriers suffered a 2-1 defeat to Exeter City at Accu Stadium at the weekend, as they were knocked out of the competition at the first-round stage.
Town have a chance to get back on track as they host Liverpool’s youngsters in a 7pm kick-off, with the Terriers already through to the knockout stages and almost certain to top their group.
Off the back of his side’s FA Cup exit, Drury told HTTV: “I’m not going to stand here and criticise, and be too hung up on it.
“I’m really disappointed, as everybody is in the changing rooms, I can assure you of that, but at the same time, we have to hold onto all the good things that we’re doing, all the good things that we’ve shown so far this season.
“We’ll assess why, and I’ve always said, cup games like this, when you make changes and the squad’s a little bit different, you learn something from it. Today we learned some things we didn’t want to learn, but it’s an opportunity for us to then move forward and direct how we work.
“It was a frustrating day overall, I’m really disappointed for us, because we’ve not met the normal standards, and that’s the thing that hurts most, as opposed to the scoreline, but of course we wanted to progress in the cup and we’re out.
“We’ll move on quickly, and we’ll focus on Tuesday, and then we have a really important game in a couple of weeks as well.”
Looking ahead to tomorrow's EFL Trophy tie, the Terriers’ boss added: “We’ll own it, and I’ll own it and everybody else will own it, and then on Tuesday, again irrespective of what the team is and the changes that are made in a cup competition, we have an expectation amongst ourselves to deliver a performance that looks like us, and today was far from it.”