Luton Town 0-1 Burnley | Championship Highlights

[@JALC-x]

these penalties are gonna play on osho's mind, the one against coventry was pretty bad but this one was unlucky

[@atomiswave1971]

Its incredibly frustrating with these penalties that Luton keep giving away, slightly less frustrating we didn't score because there were opportunities. So many points lost to penalties this season.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

A lot of positives to take away from yesterday's game, but we do need to be converting our chances. Teams like Burnley set the bench-mark for where we want to be, and its clear that we have come a long way even in the last few months. We are by far a better team than we were in May, but we still have a little way to go. 39 goals scored from 32 games says a great deal. We need to be hitting the target. Once we get that right then an automatic promotion place shouldn't be out of reach.

[@mehatmecoat9286]

Made the league runaway leaders look very ordinary. They will be going home knowing they were lucky to win that game. Loved the support for Elijah and cambell. Coyh

[@sirloin9668]

We played you at your own game and snatched the points UTC

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@sirloin9668 You got a penalty and a referee that should have been wearing a light-blue jersey. It was 10 against 12 after Locks got sent for his cocoa.

[@sirloin9668]

@@KebabMusicLtd you didn't take your chances all said and done cry more

[@joebickerstaffe8661]

I have to agree the better team didn't get the result, but as for the penalty that wasn't lucky that was a blatant handball and it cost Luton.

[@BlockFHatter]

I've yet to see Horvath go the right way in an attempt to save a penalty.

[@SennaStar]

Third game in a row Luton have conceded a penalty resulting in points lost, what is going on?

[@markypey]

We need someone who can score goals. Someone more confident in front of gaol

[@Geeraf-pw1yu]

Elijah is getting into all of the right positions, he’ll start putting them in soon.

[@markypey]

@Geeraf2403 yeh but 5 points dropped.

[@markypey]

@Geeraf2403 I think we have played 32 games so when is soon

[@leewainwright8084]

I can just imagine that referee sitting down with his Sunday Telegraph this morning, saying to his wife how he had the nerve to send a key player off yesterday in front of the home crowd for saying a naughty word, and she says, Yes dear that must have been difficult, and then they listen to The Archers and he orders some hair restorer online and then they go for a walk in the park and their labrador shits everywhere and he doesn't pick it up and then they have dinner and a nap and everything's all right in Establishment village.

[@sirloin9668]

Decent, it's in the rules, he wouldn't shut up, second yellow, he walked

[@leewainwright8084]

@@sirloin9668 Fair point, but if you'd read the rule book you'd know it's spelled dissent.

[@sirloin9668]

@@leewainwright8084 you mean Spelt

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@sirloin9668 Locks clapped the referee and got sent off for that which is understandable. Even the referee himself knew he was 'pants' and knew Locks was taking the piss.

[@Willtabixx]

What did lockye and osho even do? It was an accidental handball and a stupid red card to give away

[@sirloin9668]

Luton failed to take their first half chances, it was inevitable Burnley would grow into the game and deserved the win

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Deserve the win??? They had two shots at our goal and one of them a penalty. Good luck propping up the Prem League next season.

[@sirloin9668]

@@KebabMusicLtd you'll probably never get to know how that feels, we did ok with Dycheball getting into Europe, you can only dream about propping the prem up

[@alfiegameing]

How is that a hand ball but the rest is not

[@Kraken54321]

🙄😂

[@tedtucker7516]

The penalty was a penalty but the freekick, leading up to it was never a free kick ref was rubbish and should be ashamed

[@markfrancome8593]

Officially described as "the softest penalty awarded this weekend".

[@Kraken54321]

🙄😂

[@paulcrossley1366]

That's always been a penalty whatever the rules, his arm is sticking out completely changes the direction of the ball how is it not a penalty?

[@oliwilkins8685]

Who doesn’t love the championship officals. Robbed.

[@Kraken54321]

😂

[@davidtaylor134]

To all you Luton fans complaining about the penalty, clipped ball was on its way to an unmarked Barnes, defender's arm deflected it the opposite way. Doesn't matter if it was accidental or or not, doesn't matter if it was "ball to hand" or "hand to ball", the rules are clear. Listen to your own manager 24 seconds into this post match interview "yeah it's a pen", no hesitation. Unlucky one to concede, especially so late in the game, but they do happen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKDFpGmniZqkbbM

[@thomasgray5406]

David Taylor Yes, I agree it's a pen and II don't dispute even the red card, it was the plethora of abysmal refereeing decisions earlier in the game against Luton and Jeremy Simpleton's inability to oversee anything properly (throw ins repeatedly taken, restarts repeatedly taken, free kicks taken twenty yards from the correct place, giving the wrong team the ball following an injury etc.....and he did this for both sides to be honest); there really is no foul by Adebayo when Morris netted in the first half,. Then there's theres the inconsistency, awful dive by Tella to try to get a penalty (by all means look at the replays) , he then spends an age berating and arguing with Simpleton but doesn't get booked yet Lockyer was carded immediately at the first sign of dissent. Some of the fouls he gave against Morris and Adebayo were ridiculous. Simpleton, incidentally, is reportedly :a Burnley supporter and came up through the North and West Lancashire leagues. He has a truly awful reputation, here's what Ince had to say about him when Reading played Burnley: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.newschainonline.com/sport/mens-sport/football/paul-ince-says-referee-was-absolutely-total-joke-after-reading-lose-at-burnley-301207&ved=2ahUKEwjbxq6VjaH9AhWnQkEAHb1TDDAQFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2kJJNCyPn0NKFlQPINp1YH. .Steve Cooper, Scott Parker and Bielsa have requested his removal in recent seasons. Fans of several clubs have signed petitions demanding his removal: www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/rivals-fans-follow-leeds-united-17386197 . Biased or just useless, I think by any stretch, Simpleton should have been banned years ago.

[@markfrancome8593]

That's great, Barnes was standing in an offside position so you've cleared up that debate 👍

[@davidtaylor134]

@@markfrancome8593 You must be looking just at the closeup shot, where using a transparent ruler on the screen parallel to the 6 yard line Barnes looks dead level with the defender to his right (left of him on the the screen), but you can't be sure within a toe or two without a straight line view. But back off to the wider view at 1:17-1:18 and freeze it as Vitinho (22) makes contact with the ball to clip it in Barnes direction. Again using a transparent ruler to extend the 6 yard line the Luton defender to the far right of the screen is level with that 6 yard line, whereas Barnes is well clear of that line by at least a yard or so. Ergo, Barnes was played onside by that defender, who was well out of the play. VAR would have drawn the lines and reached the same conclusion. The penalty was the correct decision by the ref and the linesman.

[@markfrancome8593]

@@davidtaylor134 I was at the game and had a clear view of the incident, hence my comment. No need for transparent rulers.

[@davidtaylor134]

@@thomasgray5406 Thomas - Thanks for the measured and informative reply. I didn't know the history of this ref Simpson, nor how he apparently angered the Reading and Leeds fans with some of his decisions. The Maatsen clear foul in the penalty area against Ince in the Reading game after Maatsen lost the ball should have been given, but that doesn't mean Reading would have won the game, there was time for Burnley to get one or even two goals. Manager Ince can complain all he likes, but after they got the first goal, Reading started blatant time wasting for the last 45 minutes, and maybe Ince should have been encouraging his players to go get another goal. I agree Simpson had a poor and inconsistent game in this one, and frustratingly both got a lot of calls wrong and failed to call other similar fouls. In the end though, Luton got called for 14 fouls and Burnley for 11 which is pretty even, with one yellow card for each side, not counting the 2 that Lockyer got for arguing both before and after the penalty. I agree that Tella going down too easily was not a penalty, but I don't think that was a yellow card offense. There's a difference between arguing for a non-penalty, and berating the ref to try and nullify a clear penalty. Lockyer and the other protesting Luton players should have left it alone once it was clear the ref wasn't changing his correct ruling. Then Lockyer got himself tossed for continuing to berate the ref afterwards. What did he think he was going to achieve? Nullify the goal and give Luton a free kick?

[@shelinabegum5782]

Robbery

[@Kraken54321]

🙄😂

[@Reginald3000]

Robbed

[@richardmesser388]

Not robbed. You got beat by the mighty clarets. Well done burnley on another awesome win dragged out against tough opposition. Premier league here we come. UTC!!!!

[@whatwhatwhat6074]

@@richardmesser388 Luton were robbed and you know it! Cast your mind back to the Norwich game. Handball by Barnes, worse than this one.... ref says no penalty!! Some Norwich fans complained yet you lot said it was never a pen. Which means this was way more never a pen!

[@bfcclarets4694]

@@whatwhatwhat6074you’re obviously just salty cause you clearly weren’t robbed. Did you see how far his arm was away from his body penalty everytime

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@richardmesser388 Bottom of the Premier League, here you come. You will spend next season making up the numbers and then drop back down again. Your owners will decide to pocket more of the profits and spend less on player budget and you will drop back down the leagues becoming a has-been club like Cardiff, Swansea and Stoke. Your cycle is almost over.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@bfcclarets4694 It was never a free kick that led to the incident involving the arm. I hope your team bus dropped Jeremy Simpson off at his home on the way back.

[@whatwhatwhat6074]

Burnley have the officials on their side a lot this season.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZi8gHhpn6uGnLs

[@Kraken54321]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂fkn hilarious!

[@markfrancome8593]

The more of these you see, the more you think there is something going on. Luton have had at least half a dozen like this that the ref doesn't "see". Clear, glaring errors. We had a 2-2 draw with Coventry where the ball was heading in the bottom corner and a Coventry defender dived across and did a double-fisted save to push the ball around the post. Ref was less than 10 yards away and waved play-on.