Points over performance every time for Luton striker

VICTORY was the only thing occupying striker Lloyd Owusu’s mind during the Hatters’ 2-0 victory over Tamworth on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds.

An instantly forgettable match was settled by goals from Owusu and Matthew Barnes-Homer as Town remained firmly in the title hunt.

The 34-year-old forward said: “It was just one of them games. We knew what we had to do and that was get three points. It was a bit flat all over, from the fans, but the fans have been brilliant all season and they may have been a bit disappointed from the weekend’s result.

“Hopefully they can just keep getting behind us and we can keep getting the results like we have done.”

Once Owusu had put Hatters in front on 38 minutes, Town made sure of victory thanks to Barnes-Homer’s 16th of the season after the break. Having failed to take their chances against Kidderminster on Saturday, the former Brentford man knew how important that second goal was.

He continued: “We’ve always said once we get the one goal, we’ve got to capitalise on teams because that 1-0 advantage is OK, but other teams can get back into the game easy.

“The boys at the back were tremendous, kept a solid shape. The others just try to go to the other end and do what we have to do.”

Although Tamworth found themselves having to put defender Tom Marshall in goal as early as the 12th minute due to Liam Mitchell’s injury, it didn’t make matters any easier according to Owusu.

He added: “You do think about that sometimes, but we can’t worry too much about their keeper, we’ve just got to make sure we keep playing our game.

“Our game plan was to keep hurrying them, keep turning them and that’s what we’ve done. The shots were coming along, but fair play to the keeper, he made a few little saves here and there.

“There were some good balls in the box and we just tried to harry him and put him under pressure, but he stood his ground and did well for them.”