Analysis: Arsenal 2-0 Luton
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Another defeat for Luton but a night to remember for schoolboy Christian Chigozie.
Still in Year 11 at Chiltern Academy, next to Luton's training ground, Chigozie will be sitting his GCSEs this summer and Luton had to ask for the school's permission for him to miss classes to train with the first team last week.
On Wednesday, his name was read out over the speakers at Emirates Stadium after he was named on the Hatters' substitutes bench.
It is a sign of Luton's appalling injury problems that the youngster was called upon to fill the bench.
Boss Rob Edwards, however, believes he has a promising career ahead. He said: "We think highly of him. He's a great lad and we think he has got a big future.
"That shows you where we are at [in terms of injuries]. Four teenagers and two goalkeepers on the bench. Slightly different to Arsenal's bench I think."
Chigozie did not get on the pitch on a night when patched-up Luton made title-chasing Arsenal work hard for the points.
It will not be games against Arsenal that will decide whether Luton are in the Premier League next season. Instead, home matches against Bournemouth on Saturday - followed by the visits of Brentford, Everton and Fulham to Kenilworth Road - have taken on extra importance.
