Luton 2-2 Millwall: Hosts come from behind twice to rescue point

Luton and Millwall are both still in the Championship play-off race

Championship play-off hopefuls Luton and Millwall played out an entertaining draw at Kenilworth Road.

Millwall twice led with the returning Tom Bradshaw netting before Elijah Adebayo drew the hosts level.

Benik Afobe then tapped in to give the visitors the lead again in the second half before Jake Cooper turned into his own net to level the score at 2-2.

Luton stay fourth in a tight top end of the table, with Millwall in 10th, six points behind the Hatters.

Bradshaw's eighth goal of the season will have been a welcome sight for Gary Rowett, whose side have struggled for goals while missing their striker through injury.

Bradshaw collected the ball from Jed Wallace and drove a half-volley into the corner to give the away side the lead.

It did not last long as Amari'i Bell played in Adebayo who neatly curled in via the post to level the score.

Millwall goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was called into action to tip an effort from Kal Naismith behind for a corner.

The visitors thought they had scored the winner inside the final 10 minutes, Wallace finding substitute Oliver Burke whose simple pass was turned home by Afobe.

But with three minutes left on the clock the home side won a free kick, which was whipped in by Robert Snodgrass and headed into his own net by Lions defender Cooper.

Luton Town boss Nathan Jones told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"I think both managers would say [our teams deserved to win the game], I thought we probably edged it in terms of possession and chances.

"Millwall are a good side, they do things similar to us, they run and work hard. They're experienced and have a lot of fire power so for us to be disappointed with a draw, it's natural but it shows where we've come.

"It's a really important because if not they go three points behind us [with a win] and that brings another team into the mix. The draw keeps them in the distance.

"If we can't be as good as we normally are we've got to make sure we don't lose, especially against those around us."

Millwall manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio London:

"I thought we were excellent in the first half, we did lots of things that we'd worked on.

"Luton are a side that want to get on the front foot and I just felt we wanted to have the game behind them all the time - stop the momentum and stop the home fans and home form being a big factor.

"We just got backed up a little bit too much second half but that's going to happen - Luton are desperately chasing the win and are going to throw a little bit more caution to wind as the home side.

"When you get to 86 minutes [leading 2-1] you've just got to see the game out and I think the disappointing bit is we just drop a little bit deep on the free kick."