Jones: LuaLua's winner at the KCOM Stadium was a utopia moment

Town's players enjoy their 1-0 win at Hull this afternoon

Luton boss Nathan Jones labelled Kazenga LuaLua's late winner for the Hatters in their Championship six-pointer at Hull City this afternoon as a 'utopia' moment.

The visitors looked like they were going to see their hopes of a crucial three points dashed despite dominating the entire second period at the KCOM Stadium, missing a number of chances.

However, LuaLua, who had only been on for 15 minutes, took off the right hand side and cut in on his left, before firing low into the net from 25 yards with five to go, putting Town's survival hopes in their own hands when they host Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday night.

An elated Jones said: "I thought we were outstanding.

"To come away here, and with the importance of the game, because it’s trapdoor time, I thought they were outstanding.

“They (Hull) went a different way. They were very, very direct. It was the remnants of the League One game, really, but we knew that.

"Second half I thought we took control of the game, thought we were excellent, once we made the changes, I was a little bit disappointed that we didn't score more.

"We picked a side to combat that. I thought Glen Rea was immense as a defensive midfield player and we combated everything they threw at us.

“They picked a side with (Josh) Magennis playing wide left, (Tom) Eaves playing up top, with (Ryan) Tafazolli, its Land of the Giants, and it reminded us of our League Two and League One days, where you've got to be the one on top to control the game.

"I didn't think we did that well enough at times, but second half I thought we were excellent, I thought we took the game to them and when they did come out of the gates, we had that counter attacking threat as well.

"Considering the importance of the game as well, I thought technically we were excellent, our game management was superb as well and then a game changer coming on and winning the game for us is utopia."

Despite the enormity of the game, Luton were the ones who looked at ease with the pressure during the second period, which was pretty much 45 minutes of dominance from the visiting side against a Hull team who barely offered anything.

Jones was quick to praise his side for the manner in which they approached the magnitude of the task, continuing: "We’ve been used to pressure games because we’ve been at the top of the league for three years.

"Obviously, this year it’s slightly different but we’ve been in wonderful positions.

“To control it in the second half, like that, shows that we are a Championship side and I was very proud of them today.

“It was a tight game, but in the second half George Moncur had a few chances, Elliot Lee, Danny Hylton had a couple, Kazenga on the break.

"So at the end it keeps it really tight and interesting but I thought we controlled the game and really did combat anything they threw at us."