Luton Town 1-1 Huddersfield Town: Naby Sarr equalises for Huddersfield
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James Collins' first-half goal was his 10th of the season but first since he scored a hat-trick against Preston in December
Naby Sarr grabbed a late equaliser for Huddersfield to deny Luton victory at Kenilworth Road.
Sarr struck in the final quarter of the game, turning in a rebound from close range after Juninho Bacuna's low free-kick was palmed back into a crowd of players.
The visitors had trailed for most of the game after James Collins' 10th goal of the season gave Luton an early lead.
Huddersfield came close to finding a winner as Duane Holmes almost turned in Fraizer Campbell's cross before Rolando Aarons' delivery was cleared by Matty Pearson with Lewis O'Brien about to score.
The visitors' Harry Toffolo was sent off late on for a lunge on Glen Rea and the Luton midfielder then struck a post with an effort at the death.
But Huddersfield survived with 10 men to take just a second point from their last six matches and they sit five points above the relegation zone.
Luton missed the chance to pull further clear of the bottom three after failing to build on their 11th-minute lead.
Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu flicked a ball towards the overlapping Harry Cornick, who crossed to the far post to give Collins a tap-in.
Dan Potts came inches from a second for Luton before half-time but headed Mpanzu's cross onto the post.
But Huddersfield proved more threatening after the break as Pipa drove a shot narrowly wide and Holmes forced an excellent save from Hatters' goalkeeper Simon Sluga.
Luton, after consecutive 1-0 league defeats, could have won the game with time ticking down as Collins almost turned home Jordan Clark's low cross.
Luton manager Nathan Jones: "I'm quite happy with the performance, I'm just disappointed we didn't get the second goal as I think that would have been enough.
"We wanted to play on the front foot. The first goal is so important, we don't tend to lose when we get the first goal.
"I'm happy enough with the performance, I'm just disappointed that we weren't a little bit more dominant and didn't get that second goal."
Huddersfield head coach Carlos Corberan: "We started the game OK and started to have control but the mistake for their goal hurt us. In the second half we found our spirit and created chances but the draw is a fair result.
"We had to defend very strongly, with real detail against their set pieces. We also knew they are good on the counter-attack.
"But we have to avoid conceding goals through our mistakes, where the opponent has to do little to score."