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Hatters have last laugh as Martin rues cruel ending

Hatters have last laugh as Martin rues cruel ending

By Mike Simmonds

LEICESTER CITY 1
LUTON TOWN 2
Wells 39, Marshall 90+4
Cullen 90
LEICESTER boss Russell Martin was bitterly disappointed his side threw away a point when conceding a stoppage-time winner at Luton.
Having fallen behind to Nahki Wells’ 39th-minute opener, it looked like the Foxes, who saw John Lundstram sent off with five minutes to go, had salvaged something from the game, Liam Cullen bending home from just outside the box in the 90th minute.
They hadn’t reckoned on Callum Marshall winning it in injury time, as Martin said: “We did so well to...

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