Soccer-Stragglers Sheffield United Stun Luton To Grab First Away Win – News18

LUTON, England:Bottom aspect Sheffield United surprised Luton Town 3-1 at Kenilworth Road and denied the excessive-scoring Hatters a golden alternative to tug 4 factors away from the Premier League drop zone on Saturday.

The massively vital first away win of the season, and solely third victory in 24 video games, left the Blades nonetheless final however degree on 13 factors with Burnley who misplaced 3-1 at leaders Liverpool.

Luton stayed seventeenth on 20 factors and one away from Everton, who misplaced 2-0 at Manchester City.

Starting as favourites for as soon as after hitting 4 objectives previous each Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion of their final two video games, the hosts dominated possession however had been 2-0 down on the break.

They may have been behind within the opening minute, with midfielder James McAtee curling the ball simply large of the put up.

Cameron Archer slotted the guests forward within the thirtieth, making up for a obvious miss moments earlier, after outpacing Gabriel Osho down the proper aspect.

McAtee doubled the tally for Chris Wilder’s aspect from the penalty spot six minutes later after a VAR test on Reece Burke’s debatable handball.

Luton captain Carlton Morris despatched Wes Foderingham the improper option to make it 2-1 from one other penalty given within the 52nd for handball by Vinicius de Souza however the Brazilian hit again 20 minutes later to revive the 2 purpose benefit.

Sheffield defended impressively to carry on by way of 9 minutes of additional time.

The outcome made up for a 3-2 loss within the reverse fixture in December and restored morale after a 5-0 dwelling drubbing in opposition to Aston Villa final Saturday.

“We let everybody down last Saturday evening,” Wilder instructed the BBC. “We answered it in a great manner…it has taken a long time to get that first away win.

“Losing 5-0 at home really stings. It’s been a long week for everybody and a lot of hard work has to be put in.

“They got two fours in their last two games so they’re no mugs…for us to get that win gives us a little bit of belief and a little bit of confidence.”

Luton boss Rob Edwards stated his aspect, with just one change from the lineup that drew 4-4 at Newcastle final weekend, had made a few pricey errors.

He additionally felt neither of the penalties ought to have been given.

“When we got ourselves back in it at 2-1 we made another costly error and got punished against the run of play. They defended well, took their moments when they came. We dominated the game but didn’t do enough with the ball,” he added.

“We weren’t clinical and we didn’t test the goalkeeper enough, so it ended up being a tough day for us. We had over 70% possession…it was just things we could do better.”

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)