Huddersfield Town head coach manager Michael Duff believes his side’s 1-0 away victory at Wycombe is a “statement win” as the Terriers close in on the League One automatic promotion places.

The West Yorkshire outfit are now just four points off the Chairboys who sit second, whilst Town remain in fourth.

Herbie Kane’s stunning strike inside the opening 15 minutes was all that separated the two sides as his team sat back and defended for large portions of the game.

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Wanderers threw the kitchen sink at Huddersfield but could not find the breakthrough as they lost for only the fourth time in the league this season.

Duff said: “It wasn’t a brilliant performance, but this a brilliant result. A clean sheet against the top scorers in the league isn’t something to sniff at, as we have constantly changed the back line [due to injuries].

“Of course we could have done a lot of things better but we found a way and at this time of year, it’s all about getting results and that’s what we did. Wycombe are the top scorers in the league and they have a lot of quality in their team.

“This is a statement win as the whole of League One would have seen that and we’re in that weird middle ground of dropping in or going up as we’re still in that fourth position. Today doesn’t define what we do but we’re becoming a tough nut to crack.”

Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield admitted his side started “a bit slow”, leading to Huddersfield’s opener, but after going a goal down he insisted “it was all us”.

It is only the second time this league season the Chairboys have failed to score, the first being the 0-0 draw against Bolton Wanderers on December 20, and it means that they have only picked up four points from their last 12 available.

However, it was their third game in a week and Bloomfield praised his team’s attitude.

He said: “The positives were the dominance as we had 13 shots in the second half and Huddersfield had none, and we kept plugging away but we didn’t create as many as we should have done.

“We started slow and after that, it was all us but we didn’t get the goals to get the result. We also kept the principles that we have used all season.”