Burnley 1-1 Luton Town (12 Jan, 2024) Game Analysis،
Carlton Morris scored a controversial last-gasp goal as Luton Town escaped Turf Moor with a valuable point against Burnley in a 1-1 Premier League draw on Friday between two teams battling relegation.
The hosts looked set for victory after Zeki Amdouni's first-half goal. However, Morris equalized with a header in the 92nd minute. Burnley protested that Luton's Elijah Adebayo had obstructed goalkeeper James Trafford, but following a VAR check the goal stood.
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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was perplexed by the call, telling TNT “I don't understand anymore”.
“There is a clear attempt to prevent the goalkeeper from getting up,” he added. “It's experience, it's good to try, it doesn't take anything away from Luton's performance, I thought they were incredible today, but it's just the time where the referees have to make the things correctly.”
Rob Edwards' Luton are 18th in the table but tied on 16 points with 17th-placed Everton. Burnley are 19th with 12 points, having played a game more than their opponents.
“An away point in the Premier League is important, especially for a team in our position,” Edwards told TNT.
The game was all Luton before Amdouni scored against the run of play in the 36th minute after Wilson Odobert beat his man with a stepover and then slotted the ball across the box for Amdouni to fire home.
The goal lifted Burnley and the game which marked the Premier League's return after a 10-day break was level throughout, with Luton holding a narrow 14-13 shots advantage over the hosts throughout the match .
Luton had a few good chances earlier, including Ross Barkley's rocket in the first half which forced Trafford into an acrobatic leap to save.
But Trafford and Burnley were left injured in stoppage time when he appeared to be prevented, by Adebayo's frame, from contesting a ball into the middle of the area in which Morris rose to save a match no good for visitors.
Chelsea striker David Fofana watched the match from the stands. Fofana, 21, has been linked in the British media with a loan move to Burnley after the striker's loan spell at Union Berlin was cut short.
