Although it was another defeat on their travels, Luton certainly did themselves proud with a spirited performance against League One leaders Swansea on Friday night.

The Hatters were more than a match for the Welsh club, a side that had opened up an 11 point gap at the top of the division prior to the start of the game.

And for striker Drew Talbot it was a display from the Hatters that sent out a clear message to everybody in the division that their fight to stay in the league is clearly not over.

With back-to-back home games coming up,Talbot believes now is the perfect opportunity to close the gap on the teams directly above them in the League One table.

Speaking after the 1-0 loss at the Liberty Stadium, Talbot said: "I don't think you should be playing football if you're going to quit."The lads are gutted, because everyone has worked their socks off, given 110% and in a moments lapse of concentration we have conceded the goal.

"We keep saying that we need to win this game, but we are running out of time. We have to keep knuckling down and keep going. If we don't win soon we know we
will be in trouble - it's as simple as that."

Talbot believes there were many positive factors that Luton could take from the match, but admits that Lady Luck is currently not with the Hatters.

The striker added: "Swansea are top of the league, you've got to respect that.We came here with a game plan and we did alright, I didn't think we looked like we were going to concede a goal to be honest.

"The click is not there at the moment, but if we can continue playing like that I think we can beat most teams in the division, so hopefully we can put in more performances like that.

"I think if anybody was watching the game tonight they could see that we are a team who are close to winning games.

"We're down at the bottom of the league but that's not a performance of a team at the bottom of the league.At the moment Lady Luck is just against us and we've just got to keep fighting until that changes."

Talbot is now hoping that the Club can take the Swansea performance into their remaining games this season.

But the former Sheffield Wednesday man knows how more important it is to recapture the form at Kenilworth Road that had been so impressive at the start of the season.

He continued: "It's down to us to keep repeating performances like that every week. We have got to keep our fingers crossed that we can get a win against Millwall tonight, because it's a massive game.

"We've got to get back to how we used to be at home, where teams came and left Kenilworth Road with nothing, and we snatched a win or ended up being comfortable. Its got to get back to that stage.

"I don't think the spirit in the camp has ever been the problem.We are a good team, we pushed Liverpool all the way and we have got the ability to get ourselves out of trouble.

"The fight is absolutely not over. You know you're in the wrong business if you're just going to quit. All the lads in the dressing room, even the lads that are injured, are fighting to get back and help us out and we'll fight to the death to be honest."

Meanwhile,Talbot confirmed that there was interest in him during the January transfer window to go to Italy, but he choose to help Luton in their League One survival campaign.

"I didn't even consider it. How can you make a decision in 48 hours to move and go to a different country? That was just never on the cards really.

"I wanted to stay and help Luton out. I didn't come down here for the short term and I signed on a three-and-a-half year deal so I am here for the long term."