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Rob Edwards says his Luton gamers should rapidly choose themselves after changing into the primary Premier League aspect in over 20 years to lose after being three objectives up.
Antoine Semenyo scored twice as Bournemouth produced a remarkable second-half displaying to win 4-3 after trailing 3-0 at half-time.
Defeat dented Luton’s survival hopes and the Hatters face an enormous relegation conflict with Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Edwards insists he is not going to enable them to really feel sorry for themselves after a torrid evening on the south coast.
“We put ourselves in such a good position to win a Premier League game of football and to be sat here talking about a defeat is tough,” he stated.
“Huge game on Saturday. Losing is difficult anyway but in that manner it does hurt but if we can’t pick ourselves up for a huge Premier League game then there’s something wrong.”
It was an emotional evening for Edwards even earlier than kick-off, with captain Tom Lockyer returning to thank the medical workers who helped to save his life 88 days earlier when this fixture was deserted after the Luton captain suffered a cardiac arrest.
“Seeing Tom speaking to the paramedics, the people who saved his life was a bit emotional. He’s able to hold his new-born baby because of them,” Edwards added.
“Sometimes it’s important to have a bit of realism and that maybe brings home a little bit of what’s important.”
Luton have been rampant within the first half and their opening aim got here as early because the ninth minute after Jordan Clark stood up a luxurious cross for Tahith Chong to head in at the far submit.
They scored a superb second after 31 minutes as an incisive one-two between Chong and Alfie Doughty noticed the latter cross low to Chiedozie Ogbene, who rounded off an outstanding crew transfer.
Edwards should absolutely have thought his crew had sealed their third away win of the season when Issa Kabore drove upfield to pick the wonderful Ross Barkley, who powerfully fired the ball excessive into the online to give the Hatters a substantial cushion going into the break.
But after making two substitutions through the interval, Bournemouth hit again dramatically, scoring thrice in 14 minutes at the beginning of the second half.
The first was a shocking piece of particular person brilliance from prime scorer Dominic Solanke . The Cherries striker back-heeled the ball between the legs of Daiki Hashioka earlier than chipping it past Thomas Kaminski.
The second got here after Luton have been unable to clear Lewis Cook’s nook to security and Illia Zabarnyi headed in from shut vary regardless of Doughty’s determined makes an attempt to forestall it crossing the road.
Two minutes later the Vitality Stadium erupted when Semenyo minimize in from the appropriate and fired his shot powerfully into the close to submit to degree the scores.
Bournemouth claimed all three factors when Semenyo scored his second aim of the sport seven minutes from time, gathering the ball from Enes Unal earlier than capturing powerfully throughout Kaminski to give the Cherries their first residence win since Boxing Day.
“The important thing is that the players showed a strong personality because it is easy to hide when you are losing 3-0 at home,” stated Andoni Iraola, who grew to become solely the fifth Premier League aspect – and first since 2003 – to win a recreation during which they trailed by three objectives.
“It was important to have the precedent of the last game (when Bournemouth came back from two goals down against Sheffield United).
“The key was to score early. I think Dom’s goal made us believe and the players showed a lot of character.”
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