Luton Town 1-0 Cardiff City: Sabri Lamouchi's first game ends in defeat after last-gasp Elijah Adebayo strike

Sabri Lamouchi's first game in the dugout saw him watch his Cardiff City players defeated by a late Elijah Adebayo header.

Cardiff were made to work so hard and the winner was most certainly coming. Ryan Allsop looked like he almost single-handedly earned City a point with a terrific second-half penalty save.

However, with just a couple of minutes left on the clock, following a barrage of late pressure, Adebayo, who had missed the penalty, atoned for his header and earned the Hatters a win over the Bluebirds.

Cardiff had a few chances of their own, chiefly through Sheyi Ojo and Ryan Wintle, but in truth they never looked threatening enough to come away with the win.

For the Bluebirds, it's now 12 games without a victory to their name in all competitions. For Lamouchi, it's not the ideal start he would have liked.

In the absence of Callum O'Dowda, who missed out through illness - as did new assistant Sol Bamba, Jack Simpson was named at left-back, but there were not wholesale changes.

Although Cardiff did look compact and difficult to break down the opening exchanges, except for when reigning Bluebirds player of the season Cody Drameh attacked Simpson's side.

But Cardiff gave as good as they got. Sheyi Ojo fired off a couple of decent early shots and worked Ethan Horvath in the hosts' goal, while Callum Robinson clipped the top of the crossbar with a good effort from 25 yards.

You could sense the frustration from the home bench when every Luton attack broke down in Cardiff's half and the visitors grew in confidence. Cedric Kipre burst out of defence and dispossessed Carlton Morris before embarking on a marauding run. He fed Robinson in the box but the chance was cut out at the last second by a sprawling Hatters leg.

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