Boss Michael Duff remained calm after Huddersfield extended their unbeaten league run to seven matches with a 2-0 win over Leyton Orient.
The Terriers took a first-half lead through captain Michal Helik and though Josh Koroma missed a penalty, Callum Marshall ensured the points on 90 minutes.
Orient, having used all five substitutes, were forced to play out the final 26 minutes with 10 men after a serious injury to Jordan Graham.
“A win is a win and we’ll take that,” Duff said.
“We haven’t won away since Bolton (in September). We discussed it before the game when I talked to the players about mentality, culture, behaviour and day-to-day habits.
“We’ve been really good at home with six wins on the spin so this was the next part of the journey we’re on. We could have won 5-0 this evening and no-one would have complained.
“We’ve found a way once again and if we’re more clinical the game is over much earlier.
“Too many things broke down on our top line would be my only criticism but I would rather critique wins than losses.
“I played with their centre-forward Dan Agyei and he was never particularly known as tough but he was knocking our centre-halves all over the place. That’s the pressure that I want to see and someone has to put their hand up.
“The character of the squad has never been in question but it certainly helps when you’re winning games.”
Orient manager Richie Wellens found some consolation despite a result that keeps his team in the relegation zone.
“I’m disappointed with the result but I’m pleased at times we went toe to toe with a top team,” he insisted.
“I thought we maybe edged it first half and the start of the second half, first 15 minutes we were excellent and looked a threat but then we had a wacky five minutes and started making poor decisions against good players who were set and could have scored a couple off the counter-attack.
“I’m disappointed with the first goal because we don’t like conceding from set-plays but the second one is obviously a mistake.
“We needed to keep getting Dan Agyei on the ball more as he was our biggest threat in the game but we didn’t do it enough.
“We needed to make sure we didn’t concede in the first 10 minutes of the second half and it’s always a risk when you make five substitutes, but no-one was expecting what occurred with Jordan Graham.
“It’s a bad one for him. He’s already had a long road back and it’s going to be even longer. We think it’s a reoccurrence of the same knee he injured last season.”
