Andrew Shinnie scored a stunner to drag Luton from a goal behind against winless Huddersfield and claim their second straight Championship victory on the spin.
The dreaded second half restart curse threatened to undo first half of promise, albeit goalless, as Karlan Grant bundled over the line three minutes in.
But James Collins won and converted an inch-perfect spot-kick to get the Hatters back on terms with his third of the campaign just before the hour mark. And then Shinnie shone.
The midfielder looked to have passed up the space for a shot but he changed direction and, from 22 yards, he curled beyond the despairing dive of Terriers keeper Kamil Grabara.
The Liverpool loanee had been far the busier stopper before the break, denying Collins and, twice, Cornick as, on a number of occasions, Luton picked he pockets of their rivals, deep in their territory, but just couldn’t convert their penetrating play to break the deadlock.
But, instead of imposing themselves further after the interval, Luton failed to clear a free-kick, Terence Kongolo played a one-two with Rajiv van La Parra to cross low for Grant to bundle in at the back stick.
Unlike against West Brom at Kenilworth Road earlier in the month, the Hatters had the answers. They’ve learnt the harsh way, but they’re learning quickly and it is now paying dividends as they rallied and roared back, first through Collins.
The striker – who this week was left out of the Republic of Ireland’s final 25-man Euro 2020 qualifying squad – put in an incredible shift, here, there and everywhere, capping it off with his third of the season. It was an unstoppable penalty that Grabara guessed correctly for but failed to get near.
But it got even better on 66 minutes when Shinnie stepped up with sublime strike.
The Terriers were aggrieved that, in the build-up, referee Andy Davies didn’t blow up for an apparent head injury to Jonathan Hogg and it would not be their last issue with the man in the middle.
In response, Huddersfield threw on £11.5million worth of striker, in Steve Mounie, to try to rescue something, piling on the pressure in the process.
Luton got lucky, when Elias Kachunga appeared to be pulled back in the penalty box by Sonny Bradley, but with Mr Davies unmoved, they then dug in and repelled everything that came their way, including an important block from Simon Sluga to thwart Mounie.
After the final whistle, the keeper soaked up the chants and applause from the home fans as he was the last to leave the pitch. The Croatian, like everyone of his team-mates, deserved it.
