Analysis: Liverpool 4-1 Luton Town

Luton manager Rob Edwards has already exceeded most people's expectations for how the club would cope with the Premier League this season.

Few fancied the Hatters to be putting up a serious fight to stay in the top-flight after they earned promotion via the Championship play-offs last summer.

But with 13 games left to play, Luton are third from bottom and only in the relegation zone on goal difference.

Picking up points at Liverpool would likely have been regarded as a bonus for Edwards, but he and the travelling fans had the chance to dream when Chiedozie Ogbene's goal had them leading at half time.

Despite being massively depleted by injury, Liverpool fought back and cruised to victory with goals from Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliott getting them over the line.

More important fixtures are to come in the next few weeks for Luton, though, with games against Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest - all placed in the bottom eight - meeting the Hatters in March.

Picking up results against those three clubs could prove season-defining as Luton scrap, as they did in the opening 45 minutes against Liverpool, for each and every valuable point on offer.