'We operate at Premier League level and have a shout of survival'

Phill Macbeth-Seath, We Are Luton Town

An away trip synonymous with Premier League football ended in narrow defeat, but as per recent tradition, the fans stayed until Old Trafford was empty - to cheer, serenade and show love to this ever-improving team.

Fresh from their point against Liverpool, Luton Town travelled to Manchester with way more confidence than anyone would have predicted during pre-season, also helped by their hosts' shock midweek defeat in the Champions League. Ultimately though, it was still Manchester United. The quality was still there - if you scratched the surface.

Luton went in at half-time fortunate to be level, but still in the game and had had some half-chances. This is perhaps where the crux of Luton's current predicament lies: we make half-chances but struggle to take them - and that makes all the difference at this level. United took their chance and we took no points back to Bedfordshire.

Luton have played seven of their 12 league games away so far and home advantage is going to be key moving forward. The footballing world saw us put in a great performance against Liverpool and we will need to repeat that and more against upcoming opponents at Kenilworth Road.

The takeaway from the game was that we are operating at Premier League level. We are not being steamrollered and we are in with a shout of survival.

We just need to win the mini league of four that Bournemouth currently top.

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