Glenn Murray praised scorer and provider for the goal which eased a lot of Albion tension.

The Seagulls striker is a big fan of colleague Florin Andone and his hunger to succeed in England.

If he could not be the man to break the deadlock, he was delighted to see his fellow frontman raise the roof at the Amex.

Murray recently praised a headed finish by Andone at West Brom which was ruled offside.

This time there was no flag and the master goalscoring craftsman was perfectly qualified to appreciate the work on and off the ball which went into that magic moment.

Murray told The Argus: “It was a brilliant header - right place, right time.

“He made a run into the corridor of opportunity and you have to give praise to Anthony (Knockaert) for a fantastic ball in.

“It was perfectly weighted for Florin.

“He didn’t try too hard. He just felt it into that area and Florin arrived and put the game to bed.”

Winning was great for Albion. For the points and morale boost, obviously.

But also because, if you win, you don’t draw or lose.

And dropped points here would have made life complicated.

Murray said: “It’s huge. We realised the magnitude of today and we understood that, if we didn’t get the result we wanted, then it wasn’t the end of the world - but it was a really big game for us.

“The first half was quite tense and cagey but it opened up in the second 45 and that’s when we really got control of the game and luckily that’s when we got the goal.

“It was a bit nervous to begin with because we knew what it would mean if we lost.

“If they won, it would have brought them back into touching distance a little bit and kept their dreams of staying up alive – not that it is dead yet.

“You could possibly feel that in the first 45.

“In the second half, both teams I wouldn’t say relaxed but sort of got used to the game and opened up.”

Things certainly opened up for Murray when Yves Bissouma produced his best moments of the whole 90 minutes with a terrific, trademark driving run at the left side of the Huddersfield defence.

The two centre-backs plus holding midfielder Jon Gorenc Stankovic, a defender by trade who spent much of the afternoon by Murray’s side, were drawn to the ball.

Murray was in splendid isolation when Bissouma got the ball through to him.

But right-back Juninho Bacuna, who did some really good bits and pieces throughout the afternoon, saw the danger and got across to block the shot.

Murray said: “He came from a long way. I couldn’t see him.

“In hindsight, I maybe should have dinked it. I could have cut back but that doesn’t come naturally.

“On another day, it goes in but you have got to give credit for him covering around.”

Murray accepts there is still a lot of work to do – and not just in the Premier League.

But there was a sense of relief around the interview area at the Amex on Saturday afternoon after this win.

He said: “In the changing room we believed that it was small margins costing us in recent weeks, not that we were playing bad in previous games.

“Things were going against us slightly and it was just about keeping our cool, going back to basics and stop conceding goals.

“We did that today and getting the win is such a great feeling.

“We are not home and hosed yet, there is still a lot to play for.

“It could turn into a really good season for us with the FA Cup as well and that is what we are aiming to do.”