David McGoldrick chested the ball into the net to finish off Scott Banks’ cross after 11 minutes, but it was ruled out for offside against the Barnsley forward.

The second time he found the net, though, there was nothing to rule it out. McGoldrick was given too much time on the corner of the box to fire an unstoppable curling effort into the far top corner.

A toothless Huddersfield needed a response after the break to stay in the play-off places, and captain Ryan Ledson led the comeback by heading home Bali Mumba’s excellent cross in the 57th minute.

Wrexham loanee Ryan Hardie then registered his first goal for the club by powering a low first-time drive past Owen Goodman off Cameron Ashia’s square ball.

That gave Huddersfield their first victory in five games in all competitions, while Barnsley squandered the chance to claim back-to-back League One wins for the first time since September.