Huddersfield Town suffered a stunning 4-0 defeat away to struggling Bristol City in a huge dent to their hopes of securing automatic promotion from the Championship.
David Wagner s men missed the chance to close the gap on joint leaders Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion, while City moved out of the bottom three after a dramatic night at Ashton Gate.
The hosts netted two goals in each half, Lee Tomlin opening the scoring on the half-hour mark before on-loan Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored in the 14th minute of first-half stoppage time – a head injury to Jonathan Hogg having caused a long delay early in the contest.
Aden Flint s goal and David Cotterill s penalty wrapped up only a third league win of 2017 for Lee Johnson s side.
Huddersfield, who had won their previous two games, subsequently remain six points behind the top two, both of whom play on Saturday.
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Elsewhere, Sheffield Wednesday s play-off hopes suffered a blow as they went down to a 2-0 home defeat against fellow promotion contenders Reading.
Yann Kermorgant netted after 13 minutes and Adrian Popa sealed victory in the fifth minute of stoppage time after a breakaway.
It was a big win for Reading, whose goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi impressed, as they jumped above Leeds United into fourth with only a second victory in six games.
Wednesday s season is threatening to fall apart, though, with only four points collected from their last six matches.
