Steve Mounié strikes twice as Huddersfield stroll past Bournemouth

Chinese New Year is still a few days away but as far as the Terriers are concerned the Year of the Dog is up and running. Huddersfield held a fireworks party to celebrate on Saturday night then followed it up with their best performance of 2018, ending a sequence of five league defeats with a convincing victory that temporarily at least lifts them out of the bottom three.

For Bournemouth, in contrast, a seven-game unbeaten sequence came to an end in West Yorkshire. They have seen off Chelsea and Arsenal in recent weeks but they possibly underestimated their opponents here. Huddersfield ditched the defensive tactics that have brought so little reward since Christmas and went for the win, their confidence seemingly lifted by a morale-boosting Cup victory against Birmingham City in midweek.

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