‘It really hurts’ – Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner explains late equaliser in Luton draw

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner said his side becoming passive allowed Luton to score their late equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.

Palace took the lead in the 11th minute when Daniel Munoz capitalised on a mistake at the back from Luton and raced past Thomas Kaminski to set up Jean-Philippe Mateta to backheel the ball into the net.

Luton equalised in the last minute of added time when Andros Townsend cut back onto his left foot and whipped a cross to the unmarked Cauley Woodrow to take a point back to Kenilworth Road.

Palace had 20 shots after taking the lead, with Odsonne Edouard hitting the crossbar in the 93rd minute, but were unable to double their advantage and secure all three points.

The Eagles missed the chance to create an 11-point gap between themselves and the bottom three, with the late equaliser seeing Palace move eight points clear of 18th-placed Luton.

It was the 21st goal Palace have conceded in the last 15 minutes of Premier League games this season.

“We’re all disappointed at the end to concede a goal in the 96th minute,” said Glasner.

“We have deserved to win the game because the players did really well for almost all the time.

“We had a lot of opportunities, and we had to decide the game when it was possible to decide it, but we didn’t.

“When I saw the six minutes extra time, it was not that we were under pressure, under pressure, under pressure. What we did really well was that we played most of the extra time in Luton’s half.

“In this one situation, we became passive and went back, and back, and back, and we conceded the goal – this is the strength of Luton.

“We could keep them out of the box for most of the time – they had eight shots in the end. But it’s difficult because they always have crosses – we did it very well for most of the time.

“But in this one situation, we didn’t do it. We have to accept the result. It really hurts today, but sometimes you have to feel this hurt that you develop and learn from it.

“We will learn from it to be active and keep the opposite team out of our box until the referee ends the game.”