Luton Town manager Rob Edwards was pleased with the 90 minutes that Ross Barkley managed against Aston Villa.

The midfielder, who came into the club in a surprise move this summer, completed his second start of the season.

While Luton lost 3-1, Edwards was pleased with the shift that Barkley put in during the game.

Asked by reporters about the midfielder, Edwards said: “I thought Ross was excellent, really, really good.

“He was good with the ball as Villa, they squeeze you, they squeeze the pitch.

"As soon as you win the ball back their back-line squeezes high, it gives you no time.

"Ross is someone that can handle the ball, try and take a little bit of pressure away and try to give you some possession.

"It's hard here, hard for us here to control any kind of spells of the game, but Ross was probably key to that if we were going to get any kind of possession."