By Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at Liberty Stadium
Luton City climbed off the underside of the Championship with a properly-earned rob at Swansea City, boosting their very possess survival hopes and adversarial the Welsh membership’s hopes of reaching the play-offs.
The guests edged a lethargic first half with Harry Cornick closest to scoring as he blazed over from a promising plight.
Swansea were off the trot in some unspecified time in the future of and struggled to anguish their opponents, who took the lead when James Collins headed in.
The Swans then had change Jordon Garrick sent off for raising his hand to an opponent’s face amid a melee intelligent every models of avid gamers.
That compounded a depressing afternoon for Steve Cooper’s males, who drop to 10th in the Championship table and now salvage themselves four aspects adrift of the play-off locations.
Victory for Luton, on the opposite hand, extends their unbeaten trot to 5 fits and strikes them within two aspects of security.
The three aspects were as deserved as they were precious for Nathan Jones’ aspect who, despite starting this match 5 aspects adrift of security at the foot of the table, gave an assured display veil as they defended with discipline and passe their possession effectively.
Swansea, by contrast, were hesitant, lacking the verve and neutral which had considered them dart past Middlesbrough 3-0 final weekend.
There was as soon as a survey of their attacking doable when Jake Bidwell’s delicately lofted drag found Andre Ayew, whose shot was as soon as saved by Simon Sluga.
However that was as soon as a uncommon moment of promise in a sluggish first half from the hosts, while their opponents persevered to rate.
They’ll need to enjoy taken the lead after 15 minutes when Cornick sprinted determined down the correct wing and cut inside of on to his left foot, however his shot flew over the bar.
Swansea slowly began to construct a foothold in the match as playmakers Matt Grimes and Conor Gallagher enjoyed extra possession however, because the significant half ended goalless, it was as soon as resolute the home aspect a very worthy to form adjustments.
Head coach Cooper did so at the interval by changing the misfiring winger Aldo Kalulu with Garrick, and the Swans answered by starting the second half with extra urgency.
Accurate scoring opportunities were easy at a top fee, on the opposite hand, as Luton remained compact and complex to interrupt down.
Ben Cabango got right here halt to scoring his first purpose for Swansea when his header from a Grimes nook was as soon as properly saved by Sluga and, as Brewster headed the rebound over, Cooper’s males could perchance even enjoy got the feeling this was as soon as no longer going to be their day.
No longer finest did they fail to register the victory many would enjoy anticipated against the Championship’s bottom aspect, the Swans ended the match with nothing.
Luton took the lead with a properly-worked purpose, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu discovering change Izzy Brown, whose deep horrid from the correct was as soon as headed in by Collins, despite a slightly from Freddie Woodman in the Swansea purpose.
Mass fracas
From that time, the home aspect unravelled, losing their heads as a sequence of untamed challenges from every aspects resulted in a fracas intelligent nearly every participant on the pitch.
Amid the chaos, Garrick raised his hand in direction of the face of a Luton participant and, while it was as soon as too tame an attack to be known as a punch, it was as soon as easy an act of stupidity which left referee Andy Woolmer with minute option a ramification of than to send him off after consulting his assistants.
Garrick’s dismissal undermined any hope Swansea had of staging a leisurely comeback and, while Luton renowned their treasured rob, the Swans finest had themselves to blame as they noticed their play-off hopes endure a vital blow.