Murphy is still looking for his first home win as caretaker boss

Huddersfield Town caretaker manager Gerry Murphy felt his side were denied three penalties in Tuesday's 1-0 defeat by Leyton Orient.

"If a player has his hands over his head in the box and the ball hits him, I think that's a penalty," Murphy told BBC Radio Leeds.

"Gary Roberts was kicked in the calf and went down, no penalty. And Andy Butler was pulled down, no penalty."

Adam Boyd's second minute goal proved decisive at the Galpharm Stadium.

"No sour grapes here, but on another night, out of three decisions we might have got one and I feel that if we had got one goal then we would have gone on to win the game," Murphy added.

Huddersfield were rocked after just 66 seconds when Orient striker Adam Boyd scored what proved to be the winner.

"We got off to a bad start," Murphy admitted. "There's never a right time to give a goal away but I felt that we didn't deal with it.

"It bounced three or four times in the box and it should have been dealt with.

"I'm not going to proportion blame on anybody, but in a situation like that you've got to deal with it.

"We decided to come out and have a go - high tempo straight away, lets try and hit them - and the opposite happens."

I can go on and on with the chances we had but sometimes it's not your night Gerry Murphy

Murphy also felt that his side failed to take advantage of the few chances that came their way.

"I'd like to see the stats because I don't think we hit the target many times.

"I don't think we worked the keeper enough and if you're going to get anything you've got to work the keeper.

"There's a lot of composure required and for me it's accuracy before power - that's what strikers are all about.

"I can go on and on with the chances we had but sometimes it's not your night."

Meanwhile, winger Steve Jones has returned to Burnley after the end of his loan spell at the Galpharm Stadium.

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