Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield fumes at bitter defeat

Bloomfield

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield was disappointed with his side’s display in their defeat to Blackburn Rovers.

Japan international Yuki Ohashi scored the only goal of the game after 53 minutes to keep the visitors’ faint hopes of the play-offs alive.

They even played the final half an hour with ten men after Kristi Montgomery was sent off on his full debut for the club.

However, the Hatters’ unbeaten run came to an end despite having numerous chances to win the game.

Bitterly disappointing – Bloomfield

Bloomfield said: “I’m really bitterly disappointed and frustrated.

“It’s not the performance or the result that we wanted.

“We weren’t at our usual levels at what we’ve been recently.

“We’ve been on a good run, but today wasn’t that and we’re bitterly disappointed with that.”

The Hatters boss was bullish about the reasons for the defeat, commenting that his players may need to be rotated in the run-in to keep them fresh.

“I felt it quite early on in the game.

“I felt we weren’t just quite at the same intensity that we’ve been at recently.

“So we’re going to have to go and look at that and to figure out the reasons why.

“It’s the same group of players who have been going game after game.

“So maybe that’s a contributing factor, and maybe we’re going to have to consider that.

“It’s really bitterly disappointing as we’ve been in a good spot and that’s not the performance we wanted or needed today.”

After this defeat, Luton are now three points from safety with just 12 points to play for.

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