Jones: Robins victory was a 'big, big three points' for the Hatters

Luton boss Nathan Jones declared tonight’s 2-1 victory over Bristol City as a ‘big, big three points’ for his side.

The Hatters went into the contest on the back of three matches without a win, but took the lead through Glen Rea’s thunderbolt of a volley on 17 minutes.

Although City levelled on the hour mark when Sonny Bradley turned Nahki Wells' cross into his own net, Luton regrouped and came on strongly, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bagging his first goal for the club from 22 yards, burying a low drive into the bottom corner.

Speaking afterwards, Jones, who saw his team move on to 30 points with only 22 games played this term, said: “It’s a massive, massive three points.

“We had a meeting on Monday and we said, ‘whatever happens this week at 5 o’clock on Saturday, we’re not on 27 points.’

“That’s what we started the day on and we wanted to increase our points tally as then we get to the halfway stage.

“To get to the halfway stage and double it, we're on 27 which would mean we’re on 54, which is better than last year, but we don't just want to be content with that, so this is a big, big three points to set us up nicely for the weekend and to move forward.

“They were good goals, the first one is a training ground routine, obviously not for the volley, but for the header, then it would have been on the money.

“Then Kiernan’s done that for Leicester, he’s done that for Blackpool and that’s part and parcel of why we brought him here.

"It’s quite a surprise it’s taken him that long to do it here.”