Neil Warnock thinks Sunderland have one of the best players in the Championship I Jack Clarke, and he paid tribute to his Huddersfield full-back for containing him.
Clarke has 20 goal contributions this season in what has been a dazzling campaign for the former Leeds man. Like the rest of the Sunderland players, he was a little short of his best against the Terriers as they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light.
Warnock is happy to credit his own players for that, though, whilst also admitting his a massive fan of Jack Clarke.
"The full backs were fabulous," Warnock said. "Matty Pearson had to do a job on one of the best players in the league in Clarke - I love him, he's so positive in everything he does."
"We're disappointed not to take maximum points but Tony has got a good, young side and so you probably have to be happy with a point."
While the first half belonged to Sunderland, Huddersfield were a lot more positive after the break and were able to get a lot closer to the hosts, pinning them in their own half.
"We just weren't clinical enough, we had chances in the second half. I said at half-time that I felt we could step up a yard and step it up.
"We did that and I can't ask anymore of the lads, they've given me everything. We acquitted ourselves really well, we tried to play on the foot foot when we could.
"We could have done more with our set pieces but when we lost Hoggy [Jonathan Hogg] I thought we could have a go rather than just sitting off and letting them beat us, and I thought that worked a treat. I was really pleased with how we did - I thought we got stronger as it went on.
"It's a young, exciting side here but we wanted to have a go. Even from goal kicks and things like that, we didn't want to let them play.
"To do that you need legs and we had that. We got done with a deflection at Swansea so it was nice get one ourselves tonight, we've had no luck at all since we got here."
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