Johnson calls for squad to bounce back

City's head coach bemoaned too many cases of lost possession in Bedfordshire, where two second-half goals, six minutes apart, helped Luton Town to their 3-0 win.

A late own-goal from Ashley Williams added salt in the wounds as City slipped to only their second loss of the campaign.

Here's what Johnson had to say after the full-time whistle.

Lost possession costly

"I’m bitterly disappointed for sure. I thought there were too many cheap giveaways and that’s what cost us. First half we were good at times in our attacking play, our counter-attacking. We recycled the ball well, got it into the pockets. Kasey Palmer had numerous opportunities to execute killer balls but didn’t quite do it on the day and that’s fine, it happens.

"We had two or three good chances with the keeper off his line to loop it over him but by the same token they had chances. Defensively, through the middle of the pitch, we weren’t strong enough today and that is most concerning.

"The first goal was always going to change attitude and dynamic. The easiest thing in the world is to get hold of the ball, to wriggle but the hardest bit is to execute the pass or the touch to lay it off to somebody. We got pinned a lot by their centre-forwards and we didn’t pin anywhere near enough."