Albion end poor run and climb out of the drop zone

BURTON Albion head coach Gary Bowyer praised his side's psychological strength as they got back to winning ways in League One with a resounding 3-1 victory over Huddersfield Town.

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They ended their three-game losing streak in the League with a precious win as they marked 750 games in the EFL by lifting themselves out of the bottom four.

Albion got off to a brilliant start with Terence Vancooten heading home after only four minutes from Dylan Williams’ free-kick and although Town equalised through Alfie May midway through the first period, Albion hit back in the second half with clinical strikes from Jake Beesley and substitute JJ McKiernan.

"We started the game very well," said Bowyer.

"We work hard on set-pieces and we have challenged the players to score more of them. It played a massive part in keeping us up last year and got us off to a great start today."

After going into halftime level following May's equaliser, Huddersfield began the second half the stronger but had no response once Beesley thundered home his eighth of the season.

"We asked them to be more aggressive in the second half and to show a bit more quality in the final third and they went out and did that," Bowyer added. "Jake Beesley's goal, our second, is just such a wonderful strike and shows yet again how valuable he is to us.

"I don't have enough words left to say how I really feel about him. He is a top pro."