Jones: Huddersfield win is a massive result in battle to stay up

Hatters boss Nathan Jones knew full well the importance of tonight’s 2-0 win at fellow strugglers Huddersfield Town, labelling the success as ‘massive.’

Luton went into the game knowing they had to win if they were going to give themselves a chance of staying up and did just that after a magnificent performance, particularly in the second period, with Sonny Bradley and Elliot Lee on target.

Speaking afterwards, Jones said: “It’s a massive, massive result, a wonderful result for us, but I thought the performance was outstanding, I really did.

“We came out of the blocks and really tried to press high, but we controlled it.

“Apart from a few square balls, I thought we were brave, played through the press, controlled the first half after the first 15 minutes.

“We knew they wouldn't come out at us, but I thought it was a real controlled performance.

“Then to score a well-worked goal, a set-play, to go and score the second gave us a real cushion.

“The result was everything. To win I'd have taken any performance, but to do it in that manner, I’m thoroughly delighted.”

Town set up to make sure they stayed in the game during the first half, as although they didn’t test opposite number Jonas Lossl, they kept a strikeforce containing Frazier Campbell and Karlan Grant quiet.

After the break though, Jones’ men upped their attacking threats, with six attempts, scoring twice, as they moved off the bottom, climbing above Barnsley who play tomorrow.

On his tactics, which saw a second clean sheet in three games on the road since the Championship restarted, the boss added: “It’s about if you’re defensively strong then you don't need three goals to win a game, you only need one to win a game, if you're a real good side.

“We've always got opportunities, we’ve always got players who can score goals, we've never had a problem.

“When I was here previously we were one of the highest scores in Europe, let alone England or anything, we had a wonderful attacking pedigree.

“This is a different level, but the same players I had in League Two are here now and they’re giving me absolutely everything.

“The defensive platform for was massive, we had that, and when you score two goals away from home, it’s very, very pleasing.”