Honour In Defeat As Luton Lose 1-0 To Table Topping Burnley
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Ahead of the fixture against Burnley, in the EFL Championship, I did mention that it would, quite probably, be our hardest game of the season so far.
Burnley arrived at Kenilworth Road having taken an impressive 31 points out of the last 33 available.
Some teams could have been daunted by such a statistic, but the Hatters were not.
Luton went toe-to-toe with the league leaders and could, on another day gotten the three points, or at least a draw.
It wasn’t until the 80th minute that Burnley edged ahead, courtesy of a penalty that some may have thought was harshly given.
Once ahead, Burnley’s game-management ensured they took the three points back to Lancashire, but whilst the home support may have been disappointed, perhaps we can take heart from the Burnley supports view on our performance, with some very complimentary remarks left on social media:
Played way better than us today, obviously delighted we won but Luton should be proud of thier performance today. Good luck for the rest of the season
— Haydn Maguire (@HaydnMaguire) February 18, 2023
Fantastic performance from Luton. You made it incredibly difficult for us, very good physical team with lots of quality. Not sure why some of you’re fanbase are blaming the referee though, it was a clear penalty and Lockyer presumably abused the ref to warn his second yellow.
— Matt (@tezzza92) February 18, 2023
Fair play to you lot, you made it really hard for us today. No doubt you are serious contenders for that 3rd spot ticket to the prem.
— Jack 🇧🇪🇸🇪🇬🇧 (@JDriverPendle) February 18, 2023
Penalty is a soft one but justified in the laws of the game. Luton’s deserved more out of the game. Easy to see why you’re in the top 6. One of, if no the best we’ve played.
— Up The Clarets – Unofficial Burnley News (@UpTheClaretsFB) February 18, 2023
Not sure about some of the spelling / grammar in those social media posts but fair play to the Burnley support for taking time out to commend us and I’d like to wish them luck for the remainder of the season but, with them being so far clear at the top, I’m not sure they need it!
Onwards and upwards, it’s a trip to Birmingham next week for us, let’s get back to winning ways.
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