VIDEO: What was going on in Luton? Two goals in the opening three minutes shocked Brighton

Before the start of the season, the biggest relegation candidate from the beginning of the season was confirming the role of an outsider. But he is gradually rising, which was proved by the start of the match against Brighton. Luton were already 2-0 up after three minutes and almost broke the league record.

A good start by Luton was expected, although probably not this successful. Indeed, Robert Edwards’ team had motivated themselves during the week with a late 96th minute goal at Goodison Park to help them reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

And as Luton finished the cup game, so began the league. In the first minute, Elijah Adebayo positioned himself well behind the whitewash. Distributing the ball to the right side where a centre came flying into the box. In a messy situation, it was Adebayo who struck.

Brighton confirmed that they are one of the worst defending clubs in addition to scoring goals frequently. This was compounded by the fact that Adebayo’s strike was the first league one for Luton since promotion from the Championship in the opening 15 minutes.

And although it wasn’t until the 22nd game among the elite that the newcomer managed to score for the first time in the first quarter of an hour, Luton added a second in the third minute. This time, a big mistake from the visitors’ South Coast goalkeeper Jason Steele contributed to it.

Luton nearly broke the competition record

He decided to run almost all the way to the halfway line. However, Chiedozie Ogbene was on the ball first. He won the tackle and then just headed the ball into the empty net. Less than three minutes gone and the Seagulls were down two shots.

Exactly 137 seconds were enough for Luton to score two goals, a quicker 2-0 lead has only been lit up on the stopwatch once in Premier League history. In 1989 in a match between Leicester City and Derby County. Luton thus narrowly set a new competition record.

Luton eventually won 4-0 and climbed out of the relegation zone. Brighton remain comfortably mid-table.

Source: Canal+ Sport