Jonas Lossl tracks back as Juninho Bacuna's mishit rolls into the back of the net
Jonas Lossl tracks back as Juninho Bacuna's mishit rolls into the back of the net

WATCH: Huddersfield Town's Juninho Bacuna scores 50-yard own goal


Huddersfield Town fans may want to look away now - after Juninho Bacuna's own-goal howler in the Carabao Cup.

To make things worse, the Dutch midfielder was making his debut for the Premier League club after arriving from Groningen in the summer.

With Town trailing to Stoke in the second round of the competition, the Terriers pushed for an equaliser and left themselves open at the back.

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The ball was hit long over the top of Huddersfield's back line and the 21-year-old - younger brother of Reading's Leandro Bacuna - bizarrely lobbed goalkeeper Jonas Lossl from around 50 yards.

Whether he was just embarrassed or really injured, Bacuna stayed down on the floor after his injury-time howler.

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When asked about the goal after the match, Huddersfield boss David Wagner said: "It was an extraordinary own goal for sure, but that wasn't the biggest moment of the game for me.

"We have to be honest. Our attitude and effort is there, but we've lacked quality and the Stoke goalkeeper only had to use his hands once.

"Our decisions in the final third are not the right ones at the moment, but we will work hard to put this right. There is no doubt we have talent in this group, but we have to improve and progress as quickly as we can."

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