'Devastated' Luton boss blasts his side for letting Huddersfield 'off the hook again' during 3-3 draw

Hatters boss Nathan Jones watches on against Huddersfield this evening

An aghast Luton boss Nathan Jones admitted he was ‘devastated’ at being unable to beat Huddersfield Town yet again this evening, after watching his side score two own goals during their 3-3 draw at Kenilworth Road.

It was Terriers winger Sorba Thomas who was the main menace on the night, as his corners caused havoc throughout, Carlton Morris deflecting one into his own net on 11 minutes.

Luton hit back through Elijah Adebayo’s first goal since April, before another Thomas delivery was met by Michal Helik, his header hitting Dan Potts’ outstretched hand for a penalty, that Jordan Rhodes converted just after the half hour.

Adebayo made it 2-2 with a fine finish, Jordan Clark putting the Hatters in front on the stoke of half time, before with 20 minute to go, the visitors levelled, Thomas’ delivery headed past Ethan Horvath by substitute Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu this time.

A disbelieving Jones, whose side were beaten 2-1 on aggregate by the Terriers in the play-off semi-final last term, said: “It’s the only thing I could see them scoring from, but the only problem was every time they had a set-play, we looked like we were going to head it in.

“We scored two own goals, we didn't do the basics well enough, but apart from that, we were magnificent.

“We had 24 shots, 11 on target, three goals, we wanted to be aggressive, targeted certain areas, targeted certain people.

“The gameplan was perfect, apart from we just could not head the ball out of our 18-yard box when they had a set-play, as they’ve only had four set-plays.

“Three of them have gone in and we’ve headed two in ourselves, that’s not good enough, you can’t do that.

“To score three at home, to be as dominant as we are, and we’ve let them off the hook again.

“We should have beaten them last year, as last year I’m not sure how we didn’t go to Wembley.

“I can't understand the amount we missed, the chances we missed and then we've let them off the hook as well tonight and it’s really devastating for me.”