Socceroos midfielder Aaron Mooy has quickly made himself a fan's favourite in England with Huddersfield Town, but his reputation will only be rising after scoring a brilliant winner in the team's local derby with Leeds United.

Mooy, on loan from Manchester City after making the move from Melbourne City in the off-season, was no guarantee to play the match after spending the international break travelling around Asia with the Australian squad.

He played in both matches, but remained fresh enough to start for Town and belt home a second-half winner at Elland Road.

Mooy picked the ball up well outside the penalty area, and with only one touch on the turn dispatched a rasping shot into the corner of the net, out of reach of Leeds keeper Rob Green.

The win incredibly puts Huddersfield four points clear on top of the Championship table after six games, with Mooy a key figure in Town's best ever start to a season.

Mooy's game was not without controversy though, with Leeds manager Garry Monk was fuming that a tackle in the first half was punished with only a yellow card, and not a red.

"Two-footed, off the ground, totally out of control," Monk said of Mooy's tackle.

"I don't want to talk about referees. But if you see that and you can't tell me that's a sending off, I don't know what is. It was a horrendous tackle that he made."

Leeds has only four points from the opening six games and finds itself in the relegation zone.