Jones reckons Luton robbed of chance of keeping up pace with Portsmouth

The Hatters were held to a 2-2 draw at Walsall yesterday. 

And with Kenny Jackett's men delivering a thumping 5-2 victory over Fleetwood, they opened up a three-point gap at the summit of the division. 

But Jones reckons Luton should have returned to Kenilworth Road with a win. 

Danny Hylton had a goal flagged offside in the 74th minute when the visitors trailed 2-1. Kazenga LuaLua subsequently bagged a stoppage-time equaliser. 

Jones reckons Hylton's disallowed effort should have counted, though, and it meant his side lost ground on the Blues.

The Hatters boss told Luton Today: '˜Danny Hylton has scored a perfectly good goal, that is onside. Once again, a decision has gone against us.

'˜That's now five or six for the season where we've had goals wrongfully chalked off for offside.

'˜It does keep happening to us. It's just a decision really, it's too eager and he's given it.

'˜I can't say too much because it'll get me in trouble, but that's costing us and we had it last year.

'˜That possibly cost us the league, in terms of decisions and I know everyone says that, but that's what happens.

'˜We've scored a perfectly good goal, we've done it in the past, scored against Barnsley, our last defeat.

'˜We had two bad decisions against us and it cost us, luckily it didn't cost us. But if we'd scored on 74 minutes, then who knows what could have happened?

'˜We could score again, they could score again. I would rather have a time machine and go back to 74 minutes and have a perfectly good goal, 2-2 and say '16 minutes, right who's going to win it?' 

'I would have preferred that, but once again a bad decision and it's cost us.

'˜We probably should have won it as I don't know what to say as my team has been probably robbed there.

'˜But to come from 2-0 down to score two especially in the fashion and the lateness we did, a great point and keeps our unbeaten run going.'

Pompey travel to Luton on Tuesday, January 29 (7.45pm). 

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