Agony for Kompany as Luton level late
HOW many more decisions will Vincent Komany be able to take? It’s another one that has gone against Burnley. Unbelievably, really.
In the 92rd minute here, Clarets keeper James Trafford was impeded by Elijah Adebayo when coming for a cross. If Trafford had collected it, Burnley would probably have seen out a fourth victory of the season.
Instead Adebayo knocked him out of the way. Substitute Carlton Morris calmly headed in the equaliser and Turf Moor was again feeling that sense of foreboding, that unjust treatment. VAR looked but agreed with referee Tony Harrington that there was no infringement on Burnley’s No 1.
Kompany must be despairing. Burnley have not done themselves many favours on this return to the Premier League but they are getting no help either. A win into a draw has huge ramifications on their relegation problems.
Not that Luton’s Jordan Clark will care one jot. He turned 30 a few months ago, scored Luton’s goal in last year’s play-off final and could have a major role to play in their quest for unlikely survival. Clark pleaded for a penalty when Johann Berg Gudmundsson stumbled into him from behind when Luton were on top in a seesaw first half.
Gudmundsson had earlier been thwarted by Thomas Kaminski, one of Luton’s standout performers this season, when a chance broke his way.
Wilson Odobert skipped to the byline, switching gears in a way that abruptly forced Mengi into reverse, and crossed into a dangerous area via a near-post deflection. Amdouni shifted his feet, bundling towards Kaminski. Gudmundsson made a nuisance of himself, blocking the keeper, and the effort trundled over the line, with nobody quite sure who to credit the goal to.
Odobert was at it again later, jinking inside Chiedozie Ogbene before his deflected shot sent Kaminski scrambling to palm wide, while Lyle Foster went close. Then Luton chucked a cross in, Trafford was barged over and Morris helped himself.