Alfie Doughty believes back-to-back victories for the first time in the Premier League have shown what Luton are capable of after a big 3-2 turnaround at fellow strugglers Sheffield United.
The wing back bagged his first goal in the top flight when he nutmegged keeper Wes Foderingham to give Town control at the break.
The Blades hit back twice to take a 2-1 lead but then two Carlton Morris crosses in four late minutes were turned into United’s own next by Jack Robinson and Anis Ben Slimane to give the Hatters a major triumph, so soon after toppling Newcastle.
“I think the past two games have really shown what we’re about,” said Doughty, adding: “We already knew this at the start of the season. It was just about us getting used to the league.
“I think we’ve come on leaps and bounds. The performances recently have been top. Before, we didn’t really get the results we wanted, but the past two games we’ve got the results. Now we need to back it up against Chelsea.”
If they can it will match the last time Town bagged three wins on the spin in the top-flight, 32 years ago. In 1991 they completed that treble at home to Chelsea and the chance is there to repeat the feat.
After heartbreaking last-gasp goals recently to Arsenal and Liverpool, Luton boss Rob Edwards thought his side finally got the luck they deserved.
On his goal, Doughty told Amazon Prime: “Some people call it lucky, but I like to put it through the keeper’s legs. It was brilliant. I think we needed that to quieten the fans.”
Morris who played a big part in the four-minute double that did it for Luton celebrated afterwards in front of the Travelling Town fans with Tom Lockyer’s number four shirt.
“It was just a pleasure to come on the pitch and affect the game positively,” said the striker.
Morris is best friends with the club captain, who would’ve been watching from home as he recovers from a cardiac arrest.
Talking of what the result means, he added: “It’s huge. I speak to Locks every day at the moment. We miss him dearly as a squad, our boy. I spoke to him literally yesterday about how important momentum is in this period. He’s behind us every step of the way and he’s here in spirit.”
There was a controversial moment late on as Morris told referee Sam Allison about some racist abuse he was subjected to from a spectator in the Bramall Lane crowd.
Asked about it afterwards, the forward said: “The Premier League have been great at telling us protocols and explaining that to us. I heard something from the crowd, the front row unfortunately, and I just knew it was best to get that reported straight away and deal with it there.”
