Wolves 2-1 Luton: Hatters suffer major blow in relegation dogfight
Luton Town supporter Stuart Attwell could do nothing about the outcome of this game as his team’s Premier League survival chances took a dip at Molineux.
A banner held up by Luton fans before the game read ‘Stuart Attwell – he’s one of our own’ after the Premier League referee disallowed two Wolves goals in their 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Wednesday night.
Attwell’s allegiance has been highlighted after Nottingham Forest complained about him being the VAR for their 2-0 defeat at Everton.
This time, goals from Hwang Hee-chan – his first for four months – and Toti either side of half-time gave Gary O’Neil’s side the advantage to end their seven-match winless streak before Carlton Morris halved the deficit in the 80th minute.
It made it a miserable first managerial Molineux return for Luton boss Rob Edwards after stints as player, academy coach and caretaker manager at Wolves.
It was the first time forwards Hwang Hee-chan and Matheus Cunha had started a game together since December 27, when the South Korean scored twice in a 4-1 Premier League win at Brentford, his last goals for the club.
And the pair combined to put Wolves ahead in the 39th minute.
Luton threatened in the fifth minute when midfielder Ross Barkley sidestepped Boubacar Traore and curled goalwards from 20 yards but Jose Sa tipped the ball away at full stretch.
Wolves’ first chance came when clean-through Hwang Hee-chan fired too close to goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski after Nelson Semedo put the South Korean through.
Cunha then lost his balance at the worst possible moment when he chased down a loose ball in front of Kaminski.
The Brazilian was instrumental in Wolves taking the lead however.
Luton striker Carlton Morris headed straight at Sa from Jordan Clark’s cross,
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