Wigan Athletic boss reacts to Luton triumph

Latics had trailed at the break through Carlton Morris' header, and had goalkeeper Ben Amos to thank for the scoreline not being far worse.

But a triple substitution on the hour mark - which saw Graeme Shinnie, Thelo Aasgaard and Nathan Broadhead enter the fray - turned the game in the visitors' favour.

With 10 minutes to go, Callum Lang fired home a shot that deflected in off Luton's Tom Lockyer.

Then, with only two minutes remaining, substitute Thelo Aasgaard curled home a wonderful shot from the edge of the box to secure all three points.

"Firstly I have to complement the players," said Richardson.

"When you come to Kenilworth Road, to play against Luton Town, you know what to expect.

"You have to match their fight, their output, their intensity, and silence the crowd.

"They ask you a lot of questions, and they certainly did that in the first half, although I was probably more disappointed with ourselves.

"We must respect the ball a lot more, because teams like Luton don't give you the ball back, they like to service the box and get numbers in there.

"That was the disappointment at half-time, the lads were just as disappointed as I was, but I thought in the second half we were worthy of the result.

"Even with 10 minutes to go, you must always have belief, and make sure you have enough goals on the pitch to make something happen.

"I thought the momentum was in our favour heading into the last 10 minutes, we do tend to finish games strongly.

"It's all about the collective, the bar is set by the players, we saw that all last season.

"It's up to them to maintain that, and raise it if they can.

"Someone like Thelo Aasgaard, the habits he has at the training ground, and the work ethic he has, it normally sees you right on a Saturday."

Latics remain unbeaten on the road on the road this season, having also won at Birmingham and draw at Norwich.

But only brilliant goalkeeper from Amos had kept them in the game in the first half.

The big man denied both Elijah Adebayo and Luke Freeman with fantastic saves when a goal looked inevitable.

But there was nothing he could do just before half-time when a Morris header looped over his left hand and into the top corner.

Luton continued to press in the second period, with Latics making a triple change on the hour mark to try to stem the flow.

Lang grabbed the equaliser with 10 minutes left, with a shot that deflected in off Lockyer.

And after Shinnie had seen a huge shout for a penalty turned down, Aasgaard proved what proved to be the winner with a fantastic curling strike into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Luton thought they’d levelled right at the death, but the flag was up on the near side for offside.