Luton Town slipped to a 3-1 defeat by Plymouth Argyle at Home Park.

Rami Al Hajj gave Plymouth an early lead before Ibrahim Cissoko scored a second goal for the home side in the second half.

Victor Moses scored a goal back for Luton in the second half, but a second for substitute Cissoko in stoppage time damned the Hatters to defeat in Devon.

The result saw Luton fall behind Plymouth in the Championship table as they missed out on a chance to make it 3 wins in a row. They now sit 16th, though could fall further depending on Saturday’s results.

Wayne Rooney’s side had beaten high-flying Sunderland in their last home game and it was Argyle who struck first with an 8th minute opener. Michael Obafemi’s low cross into the box wasn’t intercepted and the ball was laid off by Ryan Hardie back to Al Hajj, who drilled a fine first time shot into the back of the net.

Plymouth could’ve doubled their lead just after, as Obafemi drilled a low shot just wide. The home side continued to have chances, with Morgan Whittaker seeing a strike from range just miss the target before Thomas Kaminski thwarted Al Hajj.

As the half wore on, Luton began to have some joy in working the ball forwards, but a better chance still fell the way of the hosts when Joe Edwards was found at the back post and had a shot denied by Kaminski.

Luton’s fortunes were not helped when Teden Mengi, Tahith Chong and Mengi’s replacement Mads Andersen all have to be replaced due to injuries, and in-between that, Luton saw a chance come and go when Elijah Adebayo missed the target.

Adebayo would then see a further shot deflected wide, but the Hatters’ hopes of a comeback took a hit when with just over 20 minutes to go, Plymouth scored a second goal.

Darko Gyabi was given space to charge forward with the ball, which he did for a long way before he was able to tee up Cissoko, who fired the ball past Kaminski.

Just two minutes later, however, Luton grabbed a goal back. Substitute Moses collected Alfie Doughty’s cross and fired in a low half-volley that beat Plymouth goalkeeper Dan Grimshaw.

Hatters subs Joe Taylor and Cauley Woodrow missed the target just after coming on, but much closer was Plymouth’s Adam Randell, who saw a fine strike thump the bar.

Kaminski also had to keep out a strike by Adam Forshaw, before Luton had a goal disallowed when Moses was deemed to have been offside before his cross was converted by Taylor.

Luton’s defeat was ultimately confirmed when Plymouth scored a third goal in the third minute of stoppage time. Lewis Gibson won the ball back for the home side and after Argyle worked the ball into the box, Cissoko saw one shot blocked but had the ball ricochet his way to fire past Kaminski.

It consigned Luton to defeat, with the Hatters seeking to go again when they host Oxford at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday.