Hatters left dumbfounded

Hatters hit the woodwork twice, including a marvellous effort from Drury, as they squandered numerous other chance to move to the top of the table.

The former Stevenage man said: “We were saying in the dressing room that we don’t know what more we could have done to win the game.

“It’s gutting not to win, but we played really well second half, so if we can keep playing like that I’m sure our luck will change and we’ll start putting the ball in the back of the net.

“I was off balance when I hit my shot and saw it hit the bar, but I just thought it wasn’t going to be our night.

“I’m sure the boys will get back on the training pitch and work that little bit hard on their finishing, and I’m sure our luck will change.”

Anyone in attendance at Kingsmeadow on Wednesday, along with the viewing television audience on Premier Sports, couldn’t fail to have been impressed with the Hatters’ quality as they tore their hosts apart at times, particularly in the second half.

Town have now taken four points off the Dons in their two matches, and Drury always knew his side would perform on the night.

He said: “We’ll play our game wherever we go. You can see it when we went to Charlton, we played our game and if we played Real Madrid, I’m sure we’d go there and play our game.

“That’s what we’ll do until the end of the season, we’ve just got to put the ball in the net and not hit the woodwork.

“We’ll take the positives out of the game. We created five, six, seven clear-cut chances and on another day they go in and we win four or five-nil.”

Drury’s view was echoed by manager Richard Money, who also saw his side keep their fourth clean sheet in a row.

He said: “I’ve lost count of the number of shots we’ve had in the second half but what I do know is that if we walk off the pitch two or three-nil winners, it’s probably a fair reflection of the game.

“Defending is a team art. The back four and goalkeeper will get the plaudits, but you don’t get clean sheets if the team is not functioning and the organisation is not right.”

The worrying sight of winger Amari Morgan-Smith heading down the tunnel on crunches during the second half after he had to be substituted on 19 minutes was also played down by the boss.

He added: “It was just precaution, the medical team doing their job.

“He wouldn’t have been involved at the weekend at any case, but I would be surprised if he’s not available for York (on Tuesday night).”