Luton battled through a scrappy game against Barnet to continue their winning streak in the Puma Youth Alliance Cup.

A quick goal by Loren Maxwell saw Luton take the lead in under minute, with Richard Owusu, who has now scored two in two, firing home in the second half.

Barnet grabbed a consolation goal, but were unable to break through the Luton defence again.

Despite securing another three points on their travels, Hatters boss Chris Cummins was unhappy with his players performance.

"I wasn't pleased with the way we played particularly," said Cummins.

"We're going to have to learn to cope with teams that are going to be aggressive and look to spoil the game.

"The lads must learn to deal with that and play against that if these they are going to progress to the next level."

Luton started the game well, taking the lead after 45 seconds when Loren Maxwell latched onto a through ball to beat the Barnet goalkeeper from about 16 yards.

However the game quickly dwindled out as neither teams created many chances.

"It was very scrappy," added Cummins. "They looked to spoil everything so they were in our faces and very direct. Their manager and the players called for everything. It was a really scrappy and uninspiring game."

"We went in at half time and I spoke to the lads about showing a bit more composure on the ball. They needed to trust each other with the ball and to keep passing."

Cummins advice seemed to take immediate effect as the Luton side went on the attack. They got their breakthrough when a Jake Howells corner found Owusu, who half volleyed the ball home after 70 minutes.

With 15 minutes to go a lapse of concentration allowed Barnet back in the game, but Luton hung on to take the three points.

Regardless of the improved play in the second half, Cummins was disappointed with his team's overall performance:

"We went in knowing it was going to be a tough game.

"At the start of the second half I thought we did very well and created quite a few chances.

"But the game itself just dwindled out. It was a really scrappy, uninspiring game."