Edwards lauds Luton's response to Baggies defeat as they earn quickfire Latics double

Luton boss Rob Edwards lauded his players for the response they showed to last weekend’s 3-2 defeat against West Bromwich Albion by completing a quickfire double over Wigan Athletic this afternoon.

Having given away a 2-0 lead when being beaten by the Baggies, the Hatters bounced back in midweek with a 2-1 victory over the Latics to progress in the FA Cup and then picked up a fourth successive away victory when triumphing again at the DW Stadium, securing a 2-0 triumph with goals from Harry Cornick and Elijah Adebayo.

Edwards said: “It’s been very good, after losing a week ago today after being 2-0 up, it did hurt us so it’s been a really good response.

“The first goal in any game is really key, second goal if you get it in the end makes it a little bit more comfortable.

“I never felt fully comfortable today as Wigan put us under a lot of pressure.

"It was difficult to defend the long balls, up against a couple of big strikers, whatever way they did it, with (Josh) Magennis coming on as well, he was a big threat.

“But I’m delighted with the timings of the goals, I thought they were really well-worked goals as well.”