Jones elated to beat Bournemouth and make it four points from six against the Cherries this season

Hatters chief on his side's 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates his winner at Bournemouth this afternoonKiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates his winner at Bournemouth this afternoon
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates his winner at Bournemouth this afternoon

Luton boss Nathan Jones lauded his side's performance after they picked up a 1-0 win at Bournemouth to make it four points out of six against the Cherries this season.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's strike on 67 minutes was enough to settle the game which had seen Cherries midfielder Jefferson Lerma shown a straight red midway through the first half after catching defender Tom Lockyer with a flailing arm.

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Jones said: "Let's just lay the groundwork down, these are a fantastic side at this level.

"They’ve been recruiting for the Premier League and they've got wonderful players technically for this level, in terms of athleticism so we knew that we’d have to really do well to get something here.

"I actually thought that we contained them, we limited them to very little, they're a very good side and I just felt if we were a little bit braver, we might have caused them a few more problems.

"I think the sending off rocked us a little bit more than it did them and we had to get to half time, but once we got to half time I thought we showed real composure.

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"We should have taken the lead earlier and it's a wonderful, wonderful win for us."

Dewsbury-Hall's goal came after Luton had made an excellent start to the second period, home keeper Asmir Begovic denying Glen Rea and Luke Berry with wonderful saves, also clawing away the on-loan Leicester midfielder's effort too.

Harry Cornick then fired over, before Dewsbury-Hall bent a delicious shot past the Bosnian and into the corner for his second goal of the season.

Jones added: "We were in the ascendancy then, we had some really good chances, clear-cut, Luke Berry had a great chance, Asmir (Begovic) made a wonderful save.

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"He's a great keeper, we know that he's a top keeper and he kept them in it at our place, he made two great saves as if he hadn't, we probably would have won that game.

"So look, to take four points off Bournemouth in a season, however you've done it, is a wonderful, wonderful achievement for us."