Rob Edwards refused to wave the white flag after Luton missed the prospect to maneuver out of the underside three of the Premier League with two video games remaining.
Though Edwards didn’t conceal his disappointment about his facet drawing 1-1 with Everton at Kenilworth Highway on Friday evening, the Luton supervisor insisted that they won’t let up of their quest to remain up. Luton have drawn stage on factors with Nottingham Forest, who stay in seventeenth place due to their superior objective distinction, and all shouldn’t be misplaced but. The temper might shift if Forest fail to win at Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon.
“We needed a win,” Edwards mentioned. “We threw all the pieces at it. We tried. We had been the workforce pushing proper till the top.
“Ultimately a draw wasn’t what we needed. I’m pleased with the gamers, the membership, the supporters. They stayed with us till the top. We tried to do all the precise issues. We’re nonetheless within the combine.
“On one other day we might have gained the sport however we didn’t. We’ve acquired to maintain going. We don’t have a crystal ball. It is perhaps 4 factors, 5, six. It is perhaps sufficient. We’ve acquired to imagine it’s. We go once more.”
Luton, who earned some extent due to Elijah Adebayo cancelling out Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s opener, trailed after Teden Mengi gave away a penalty for a careless foul on Jarrad Branthwaite.
“We don’t have too many complaints,” Edwards mentioned. “Teden goes to have a unbelievable profession. It’s a studying expertise for him. He held him for a bit too lengthy.”
Edwards joked that he would “simply go right into a darkish room and rock in a nook” whereas Forest are taking part in at Bramall Lane. “The boys are a little bit flat in there however we’ll see what occurs tomorrow,” Adebayo mentioned. “We’ll do what now we have to do. The boys have all the pieces, pushed them again and made them defend. We’ll see the way it goes.”
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Sean Dyche was aggrieved that Everton weren’t awarded one other penalty for Mengi’s early problem on Dwight McNeil. “I do know there’s a lot of reports and noise just lately about penalties, however I’m amazed we didn’t have one other one,” Everton’s supervisor mentioned.
“I’ve seen it again and his foot has clearly gone on prime of Dwight’s foot. That one, from the penalties I’ve seen this season, I’m very stunned they’ve not on condition that.”
