Luton Town FC vs Oxford United (1st Mar 2017)

PUBLISHED 23:08 1st March 2017 Trophy run ends in a five-goal thriller at the Kenny

LUTON TOWN 2 (Vassell 73, Hylton 83)

OXFORD UNITED 3 (Edwards 10, Mpanzu OG 70, Johnson 85)

Att: 6,901 (742 away)

The Hatters’ Checkatrade Trophy run fell agonisingly one fence short of Wembley as League One side Oxford won a thriller of a semi-final by the odd goal in five under the Kenilworth Road lights tonight.

The Sky cameras certainly had plenty of entertainment for their viewers – not to mention the near 7,000 crowd inside the ground – as Nathan Jones’ side fought back from two goals down to level with seven minutes left, only for last season’s beaten finalists to grab a late winner through the impressive Marvin Johnson.

Phil Edwards had given the visitors a tenth-minute lead, which was doubled with 20 minutes to go when Johnson’s cross was deflected past Hatters keeper Matt Macey, the sponsors’ man of the match, by Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu.

Isaac Vassell’s ninth goal of the season dragged the Town back into the game three minutes later, then Danny Hylton headed in his 20th of the most prolific campaign of his career to level things against the side he left last summer to move to Bedfordshire.

Kenilworth Road was rocking with the Town fans in great voice, but Johnson’s 85th-minute strike brought an end to any celebrations and ensured the run ended in disappointment, but with plenty of pride.

Jones had made two changes from the team that drew 1-1 with Plymouth on Saturday, Johnny Mullins returning to the starting line-up to face the side he led out at Wembley in the final of this competition last season, while Jake Gray came into midfield.

The Hatters started brightly, hitting the woodwork in the fourth minute when Mpanzu and Hylton combined to set up Gray, but the ex-Crystal Palace man’s volley into the turf was tipped onto the bar by visiting keeper Simon Eastwood, and his defenders cleared for a corner.

The same players combined from that too, this time Gray crossing for Hylton to get a flicked near-post effort on target, but Eastwood was well positioned to claim.

Ryan Ledson had the visitors’ first effort on goal in the ninth minute, but the former Everton youngster’s low shot was deflected wide.

From the resulting corner, however, the U’s had the lead, Liam Sercombe’s low shot triggering a spell of pinball in the Town six-yard box and Edwards, who was on the ground, scooped the ball into the back of the net.

The Town’s response was good, Glen Rea’s left foot shot deflected just wide as they went in search of an immediate equaliser with a couple of quick corners, then – on 13 minutes – Gray cut the ball back from the right byline, but Hylton couldn’t direct his deft volley on target.

A delightful bit of interplay between Hylton and Cook created a chance for Mpanzu, whose powerful volley flew over Eastwood’s bar, but Jones’ side were well on top in everything but scoreline.

The Hatters were committed in the challenge too, Rea thundering into one tackle early on with Chris Maguire that ended with the ball flying into the crowd to be headed back by an agile fan, then Cook and Jack Senior followed suit in combat with Sercombe.

Oxford went close through centre-half Chey Dunkley, and a 20th-minute John Lundstram shot was saved by Macey, who then had to be off his line quickly to block an effort from Maguire after a rapid break down the Oxford right.

Gray had another crack at goal on 27 minutes, but dragged his shot wide, before Macey was called into action to make two smart saves, first to keep out top scorer Kane Hemmings and then to deny Edwards, who was afforded a free header from a right-wing corner.

In an entertaining game that was flowing from end-to-end, Oxford were starting to boss possession and Edwards – always an outlet on the right – crashed a 36th-minute shot over the bar from distance.

Hylton was determined to drag his side back into the game, trying his luck from fully 30 yards before Eastwood had to race off his line to punch a dangerous cross from Alan Sheehan away after Mpanzu’s initial shot had been charged down.

Macey was having an inspired game in the Town goal, and the Arsenal loanee had to turn away another effort from a corner, this time from Dunkley, before getting his body right behind a 25-yard free-kick from Hemmings and watching a piledriver from Sercombe fly over his bar as half-time approached.

Jones made a change at the break, taking off left-back Senior and bringing Luke Gambin into midfield at the tip of the diamond, Mpanzu dropping into the holding role and Rea to centre-half, with Sheehan switching to full-back.

The Hatters had a glorious chance to level on 54 minutes when Gambin’s skill created space in midfield and, after trading passes with Mpanzu, he set the overlapping Sheehan up to cross from the left. Hylton couldn’t control the Irishman’s delivery, but Cook was racing in behind him and volleyed at goal, but Eastwood saved well.

With their tails up, the Town went down the right next with Vassell spinning Curtis Nelson and racing into the penalty box, but the U’s managed to clear his dangerous cross-shot.

The ex-Truro striker was next to go close – the closest yet – when he snuck round the back to head a Sheehan corner at goal on 63 minutes, but Marvin Johnson cleared from right on the line.

Rea had to get back to deny a rampaging Sercombe before Oxford doubled their lead in the 70th minute, and it was a fortuitous goal when it came – Johnson, the defensive hero one moment, seeing his right-wing cross loop up off Mpanzu’s boot and over Macey into the far corner.

The Town were back in business two minutes later though and it was Vassell who got a deserved goal, pouncing when Eastwood couldn’t hold Gray’s powerful low shot and spinning to tuck his effort through a thicket of defenders’ legs on the line to halve the deficit.

Jones’ men were giving it everything, but Macey made yet another brilliant save – this one with his studs – to deny Lundstram with 15 minutes left, before parrying a right-footed shot from Sercombe.

Either side of the latter, Johnson fired a shot wide of either post – but the Hatters were soon level, and who else could it be than that man Hylton?

Sheehan hit an outswinging left-wing corner that Rea headed towards goal, and the Town top scorer did the rest, diverting the ball past Eastwood with a nod of the head inside the six-yard box.

Parity lasted for just two minutes, Johnson taking a short-right wing corner and trading passes with Sercombe before cutting inside on his left foot to arc a terrific shot inside the far post for 3-2.

The Hatters poured forward in search of another equaliser, and the best chance came when Mullins played substitute Jack Marriott in on the right side of the area, but Eastwood pulled off another save to deny him.

And despite the Town throwing everything at yet another side from the division above, including keeper Macey for a set-piece right at the death, the sixth higher level team Jones’ boys have faced in this competition proved one fence too high to jump.

TOWN: Macey, Justin (Cuthbert 90+4) Mullins, Sheehan ©, Senior (Gambin 46), Rea, Mpanzu, Gray (Marriott 80), Cook, Hylton, Vassell. Subs: Potts, Smith, Lee, King (GK)

Yellows: Rea

OXFORD: Eastwood, Skarz, Lundstram, Nelson, Sercombe, Maguire (Rothwell 27), Hemmings, Edwards, Ledson, Johnson, Dunkley. Subs: Ribeiro, Ruffels, Long, Stevens, Carroll.

Yellows: Edwards, Johnson

PUBLISHED 22:50 1st March 2017 A** late goal saw the Hatters crash out of the competition**

Town boss Nathan Jones said he felt like his heart had been “ripped out” after his team fell to a 3-2 defeat in the Checkatrade Trophy semi-final against Oxford United.

After the U’s had taken a two-goal lead, the Hatters responded through Isaac Vassell and ex-Oxford striker Danny Hylton to bring the game level.

But with five minutes to go, Marvin Johnson curled in from the edge of the box to give the visitors the win and a place in the final at Wembley.

It was a remarkable comeback from the Hatters, and the manner of the defeat was a real tough one for Jones to swallow.

He said: “It’s difficult. Because I have got such disappointment at the minute, I feel like my hearts been ripped out if I am being honest.

“Ultimately I am so, so proud of them. They game me everything. It was just a little bit of naivety at the end that’s cost us.

“Big games are won in big moments and that was the moment we should have at least seen the game out 2-2 and gone to pens.

“It was a great start. There was a lot of opportunities in the game, if it was 5-5 it wouldn’t have been a lucky scoreline.”

The Town made a change at half-time bringing on Luke Gambin, who helped influence his side going forward, with the Hatters looking a lot more dangerous in possession.

“We weren’t aggressive enough in the first half, they were winning the first ball and it’s not like they’re a big side, so we put Glen back into the back four,” added Jones.

“There were opportunities for us to play and pass through them, so that’s why we went a little bit more technical with Pelly instead of Glen in the holding midfield role and I thought we were the better side second half.”

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Checkatrade Trophy, semi-final: Luton Town 2 Oxford United 3

Back in the day, a goal from Marvin Johnson at the Oak Road End would have been greeted with a deafening roar from the Kenilworth Road faithful.

However, you could have heard a pin drop when his namesake curled home a sumptuous late effort against the Hatters this evening, as Luton suffered a cruel, cruel Checkatrade Trophy exit at the hands of League One Oxford United.

Trailing 2-0 and looking on their way out, goals from Isaac Vassell (73) and Danny Hylton (83) appeared to have forced a penalty shootout for the spirited hosts, before Johnson settled a tremendous cup tie and dashed the Hatters' dreams of a return to Wembley.

However, Luton can take masses of credit for the way they battled back against one of the in-form sides from the division above them, plus the strength of character shown to fight back in the manner they did.

Town boss Nathan Jones made just two changes from the team who drew 1-1 with Plymouth at the weekend, Johnny Mullins in against his former side and Jake Gray starting too as Jonathan Smith and Scott Cuthbert dropped to the bench.

It was Gray who should have opened the scoring on five minutes, picked out by Hylton's perfect cross, he volleyed into the ground and Simon Eastwood, who shouldn't have been given a prayer, remarkably tipped his effort on to the bar.

Town then fell behind on 10 minutes with a desperately poor goal as a corner wasn't cleared properly, allowing Liam Sercombe to fire the ball back in, where a prostrate Phil Edwards fired home.

Luton responded well, Glen Rea's shot deflected behind, with Gray then doing superbly to dink over a cross at full pelt, Vassell just unable to divert it on target.

Mpanzu had an opening as Town kept pressing, slamming a volley well, well wide from Jordan Cook's lovely delivery.

Oxford remained a threat though in what was an absorbing encounter, as Matt Macey raced out to parry from Chris Maguire.

The Luton stopper then kept his side in the game on 28 minutes as Luton were sliced open, Kane Hemmings destined to make it 2-0, only for the Arsenal keeper to parry away.

An overworked Macey was swiftly in action once more, repelling Edwards' downward header from a corner after the visiting defender had escaped the attentions of Town's back-line once more.

Without Cuthbert's aerial presence, Town looked decidedly iffy whenever a set-piece was delivered into the box, requiring Macey to repel Chey Dunkley's clever volley, with the keeper's handling up to scratch from Hemmings' low free kick too.

Jones made a change at half time, bringing on Luke Gambin for Jack Senior, bolstering the hosts' creative spark, with Rea dropping into central defence and Sheehan going to left back.

The diminutive midfielder started picking the ball up in little pockets as Town had had a marvellous chance on 55 minutes, when the new arrival played in Sheehan, whose cross fell for Cook, but Eastwood made a fine save with his legs.

The midfielder then curled over, while Hatters were convinced they had levelled through Vassell's header from a corner of their own, only for that man Johnson to clear away from the line.

United looked for a second to kill the tie off, Johnny Mullins and Rea, just about stopping Hemmings from taking the direct approach, with Macey tidying up at the forwards' feet.

After having such a crucial intervention at one end, Johnson looked to have delivered the killer blow at the other, as a lovely passing move released him in the area and his cross took a wicked deflection off Mpanzu to loop over the helpless Macey on 69 minutes.

Town were back in though just four minutes later when Gambin's quick free kick saw Gray try his luck from distance and when Eastwood spilled his shot, Vassell slammed home from five yards.

Macey then made his best stop of the night, getting a boot on Lundstram's angled drive which might well have ended the contest, while he palmed Sercombe's effort away too.

With seven minutes left, Hylton then brought the house down, diverting Rea's close range header over the line against his old club, to register a 20th of the season, the first time he has reached such a milestone, celebrating wildly in front of Town's dug out.

But Oxford demonstrated their class and after winning a corner, took it short, with Johnson arrowing his stunning effort past Macey to win it.

Sub Jack Marriott almost made it 3-3, forcing Eastwood to flip over, while Town threw on Cuthbert and sent Macey forward as a last throw of the dice, but Oxford cleared their lines to seal a place at Wembley.

The home fans were quick to rise to their feet, knowing their side had given everything for the cause and will now be hoping Town can do the job in the promotion race to make sure this is a league encounter once more next term.

Hatters: Matt Macey, James Justin (Scott Cuthbert 90), Jack Senior (Luke Gambin 46), Johnny Mullins, Alan Sheehan (C), Glen Rea, Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, Jake Gray (Jack Marriott 81), Jordan Cook, Isaac Vassell, Danny Hylton.

Subs not used: Craig King, Dan Potts, Jonathan Smith, Olly Lee.

United: Simon Eastwood, Joe Skarz, John Lundstram, Curtis Nelson, Liam Sercombe, Chris Maguire (Joe Rothwell 27), Kane Hemmings, Phil Edwards, Ryan Ledsen, Marvin Johnson, Chey Dunkley (C).

Subs not used: Christian Ribeiro, Josh Ruffels, Sam Long, Jack Stevens, Canice Carroll.

Booked: Rea 22, Edwards 34, Mullins 88.

Attendance: 6,901 (742 Oxford).

Referee: Christopher Husband.

Hatters MOM: Matt Macey. Kept his side in the tie at times.

Jones: Oxford’s late winner ripped my heart out

A crestfallen Luton boss Nathan Jones admitted he felt like his heart had been ripped out by Oxford United’s late winner in the Checkatrade Trophy semi-final at Kenilworth Road last night.

The Town chief had seen his side fight back from 2-0 down to make it 2-2 with just seven minutes left, only for Marvin Johnson to fire a stunning strike past Matt Macey and into the top corner to take the visitors to Wembley.

A visibly emotional Jones said: “It’s difficult because I have such disappointment at the minute, I feel like my heart’s been ripped out if I’m honest.

“It was heartbreaking from coming back to 2-2. We had made real positive substitutions so we were having to readjust again and then to concede in the manner we did so quickly after, I feel like my heart’s been ripped out, I really do.

“I’m gutted, I’m absolutely distraught. I’m proud of the group, I’ve got to be because they do give me everything.

“We got back into it which would have made it a rousing night, I’m just gutted we couldn’t see it out.”

The winner when it came saw Luton pay the price for switching off momentarily from a short corner as Johnson advanced to the edge of the box before thumping into the net.

Jones couldn’t hide his annoyance with his side for their defending, especially as it was a ploy he had earmarked prior to the game.

He continued: “Big games are won on big moments and that was a moment that we should have seen the game out, 2-2 and gone to pens, but it’s a bit of naivety that’s cost us at the end.

“It’s a great strike, but when they go two v one, we know they’re going to take short corners as me and the people at the club watch a load of games, so we show them they’re going to do short corners.

“When they go two out, to send two out, so we know that.

“Then we know he’s left footed and cuts inside, which is a danger, so what we do is, we only send one out, we let him cut in on his left foot, so we give them every opportunity to score that goal.

“It’s a wonderful strike, it really is. But there’s so much that could have been prevented before that and that’s the frustrating thing.”

Jones had issues with his side’s defending all evening against their League One opponents too, with United’s first goal coming when a corner wasn’t cleared, something Town struggled with throughout.

He said: “They scored from a set-play and I think they’ve scored two of their goals from set-plays.

“We didn’t handle that all night and that’s symptomatic of games, when we’ve had big games.

“We coach them, but there’s certain things you just do your jobs.

“When you’re marking on the edge of the box for a corner, you have to mark. When the ball comes in, you have a man, you have to dominate your man.

“When they send two out, you send two out because we do it all the time and those little things cost us again in a big, big game.”

Oxford’s second had a huge slice of fortune to it, Johnson’s cross deflecting into the net via the outstretched leg of Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, but Jones once again thought it should be been cut out.

He added: “In the build up to it, I can see something in it and I’m screaming because he’s inside, we’re vacating areas and the danger man’s there.

“It’s something we’ve flagged up because it happened to us, a goal here, as we defend the six yard box but the danger’s in front of them.

“So the goals are so avoidable from our point of view as it’s stuff that we do and stuff that we work on.

“It’s just disappointing, so the more that we go on about it I’m just going to go further into the mire if I’m honest.

“I’m just really disappointed, I am proud of them, but I’m disappointed as we could have done so much more.”

Hylton wants more after reaching 20 for the first time

Hatters striker Danny Hylton had one crumb of comfort from last night’s 3-2 defeat to former side Oxford United in the Checkatrade Trophy semi-final, as he reached 20 goals for the campaign for the first time in his career.

The 28-year-old forward has never hit the magic number during his 11 years as a professional, but did so when diverting Glen Rea’s header from Alan Sheehan’s corner past Simon Eastwood.

He said: “It is my best season now, 20 goals, my best previously to that was 16 and there’s still 13 games to go.

“I don’t get too caught up in ‘I’ve got to score, I’ve got to score,’ I just try and bring something to the team where I can, but thankfully I’ve been scoring.

“I’m delighted I’m on 20 and I want to keep trying to score more.”

Hylton has had spells with Oxford, Rotherham, AFC Wimbledon, Bury and Aldershot previously, and when asked what has changed while being at Kenilworth Road to finally attain the milestone, he continued: “I’m the one who goes out there, but I’ve got players on the pitch, I’m not saying I haven’t before, but good players in the team who can get their head up and they can find good passes.

“It’s credit to the gaffer and the staff too, they’ve been great with me, worked with me every day on tighter runs, where we should be be, movement in the box and thankfully it’s paying off.

“People are making unselfish runs too, they might not score, but it gives space to other players and I think I’ve benefited from that.”

The striker became Town’s first player to 20 goals in a Football League season since Steve Howard managed it back in 2004-05, as boss Nathan Jones said: “I’m delighted for Danny to get 20 as it’s a big milestone for any striker and we’ve still 13 games to go yet.”

Hylton’s goal when it came looked like it had completed Luton’s fight back, as with just seven minutes remaining, it made the scores 2-2, after the hosts had trailed 2-0.

The striker admitted he thought it would be enough to force penalties at the very least, saying: “I thought that will be it now, 2-2. I thought they’d have a little bit of possession but I really fancied us to get another chance or lock the door, it would go to penalties and you never know what’s going to happen then.

“But it wasn’t to be, and I’m gutted for the lads as we did well to get back into the game.”

However, Marvin Johnson broke Town’s hearts moments later with a superb finish from a short corner routine, but Hylton felt the goal had been entirely avoidable, saying: “It was a great strike, I do think it could have been prevented.

“We know he’s left footed, know he’s got a great strike, so maybe just keep him off it but fair play to him.

“We switched off and it’s killed us again, especially in such a big game with a big carrot at the end.

“We can’t keep switching off on those little details, they matter and it did today. So we’ve got to man up and try and stop them happening again.”

Hytlon had been desperate to play at Wembley for the second successive season, but now that ambition has ended, hopes his old club beat Coventry City in the final next month.

He added: “The boys are down, I’ve said before, last season, Wembley final was the best day of my career by a million miles, for me and my family.

“I said to them, the other boys who haven’t been there, lets try and not waste this opportunity.

“Oxford they’re a good team, so fair play to them, they pass it round well, it wasn’t meant to be.

“I spoke to a few of them, said to them after the game I was gutted, but I hope they go on and win it now.

“I had a fantastic two years there, still got some friends there that I’m close to. I would have loved to have beaten them and got there, but now they’re there I hope they go on and win it.”

Luton Town 2 Oxford United 3

HATTERS fans used to revere the name Marvin Johnson but it was the Luton legend's Oxford namesake that broke their hearts late on in this dramatic EFL Trophy semi-final.

Well, perhaps the more measured diagnosis is milder ticker trouble as the home support sang to make clear – as have the manager and players all season – that only League Two promotion is the be-all-and-end-all.

The disappointment of this knockout distraction, you sense, will be swiftly forgotten but for that moniker matching the Hatters hero of yesteryear, providing a completely unwitting attempt to besmirch the good name of a one-club legend.

With the internet the way it is these days, you wouldn't be surprised if someone started an online petition. Something like: 'We, the undersigned, strongly object to anyone operating under the guise of Marvin Johnson within a 15-mile radius of Kenilworth Road and hereby call on the name to be retired from all future football use.'

Stranger things have happened, but it won't change the result of course. Nor will it alter the sense of what could have been had Luton not been so abject in defending corners and just held on for more than three late minutes after coming back from 2-0 down.

Before the 70-minute mark, the one division separating Town and Oxford looked a clear chasm, even if United's overall quality was not matched by Phil Edwards' scrappy and avoidable opener and a gut-wrenching Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu own goal.

But then Isaac Vassell gave the hosts hope. Ten minutes later it was delirium as Danny Hylton pegged the visitors back, scoring his 20th of the campaign against his former employers and swinging momentum all too fleetingly the way of his current club.

In reality, had it not been for the goalkeeping heroics of man-of-the-match Matt Macey, Luton would have been dead and buried umpteen times over before the thrilling denouement, but even the Arsenal loan stopper had no chance when Johnson let fly to silence the Town fans who were still celebrating their equaliser.

In any other competition those shockwaves might be more keenly felt but, the 6,901 crowd of this semi-final aside, attendances have spoken volumes about supporters' contempt up and down the country.

Still, it is a shame Luton did not to see it through to the final and a Wembley day that would have been cast as a defiant stance against the Football League's young player development hypocrisy.

As it is, and even after £15,000 in fines, the Hatters are £115,000 up in prize-money profit for falling short in the last four, and the kids are all right, thank you very much.

The same can't be said for the failed experiment of inviting 16 Premier League and Championship academy sides to take part in the Trophy.

Against Oxford, only James Justin featured of last year's young Luton crop, as boss Nathan Jones named a strong side with just two changes from their last league outing. One of those, Jake Gray, should've opened the scoring five minutes into returning after a five-game absence, but United keeper Simon Eastwood palmed his six-yard effort onto the bar.

By ten minutes Town were behind when Edwards, already on his bum, poked in from close quarters after some penalty box pinball. And Oxford cruised through the contest until Jordan Cook was denied by Eastwood's legs and a looping deflection off Mpanzu extended their advantage.

But then came a manic final quarter.

Town responded quickly as the United keeper spilled Gray's shot and Vassell – who'd earlier had a header cleared off the line, which looked in – turned in the rebound.

The signs were still good when Macey kept out John Lundstram and Liam Sercombe. They got even better when Glen Rea rose to head a corner in Hylton's direction, where the striker converted for a best-ever season milestone.

But his and the Hatters' hopes were dashed before they'd even had time to fully enjoy their new back-from-the-dead status.

And though the Oxford match-winner might have come from a Marvin Johnson, but he'll never be the Marvin Johnson. Not at Kenilworth Road at least.

Luton: Macey, Mullins, Gray (Marriott, 80), Hylton, Cook, Rea, Mpanzu, Vassell, Senior (Gambin, 45), Justin (Cuthbert, 90), Sheehan Unused subs: Potts, Smith, Lee, King

Oxford: Eastwood, Skarz, Lundstram, Nelson, Sercombe, Maguire (Rothwell, 27), Hemmings, Edwards, Ledson, Johnson, Dunkley Unused subs: Ribeiro, Ruffels, Long, Stevens, Carroll

Referee: Nigel Miller

Attendance: 6,901 (742)

Luton Town: ‘I feel like my heart has been ripped out’ – Nathan Jones

BOSS Nathan Jones was 'absolutely distraught' after seeing his Luton side come from 2-0 down in their EFL Trophy semi-final against Oxford only then to concede a late killer goal straight after drawing level.

Isaac Vassell and Danny Hylton's 20th of the season restored parity after Phil Edwards' first half opener for United and a second period Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu own goal.

But with just five minutes remaining at Kenilworth Road, Town failed to deal with a short corner and Marvin Johnson smashed in a stunner to send the hosts crashing out.

"I feel like my heart has been ripped out," said Jones, adding: "Big games are won on big moments. We should've at least seen the game out at 2-2 and gone to pens, but a bit of naivety has cost us in the end."

Luton struggled with set pieces all game and that added to the manager's woes as he said: "The goals are so avoidable from our point of view because it's stuff that we work on. It's just so disappointing.

"The more that I keep on about it, I'm just going to go further into the mire. I'm gutted, I'm absolutely distraught.

"They gave me everything. I'm proud of the group I've got because they do give me everything. They got back into it which would have made it a rousing night but I'm just gutted that we conceded."

Luton had other chances to score with Jake Gray and Jordan Cook both being denied by keeper Simon Eastwood, while Vassell saw a header cleared off the line and Jones said: "It looks as if it's over the line, but we've had to slow it down to get any kind of visual on it, so that ref and linesman weren't going to see it."