Luton Town defender Gabe Osho says he was always confident he and his teammates would see off Sunderland in their Championship play-off semi-final second leg.
The Black Cats lost 2-0 at Kenilworth Road last Tuesday as Luton sealed a 3-2 aggregate win and booked their spot at Wembley.
Tony Mowbray's side had gone into the contest with a 2-1 lead after a fine performance at the Stadium of Light but they struggled to make an impact in the second leg and missed out on the chance to reach the national stadium for the second year running.
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Hatters man Osho said: "We knew we had this game coming, it was going to be at home and we know the way we play would favour us in this as opposed to the way they play at their place.
"So we just thought if we just do what we do best, we should overpower them and we did. That’s why there wasn’t really much concern after the Saturday game.
"We knew that coming back here would be a much different game and suit us a lot better so we knew we had to be ourselves and we were. It came to fruition, all that hard work over the last week or so, even since the away game, less so on the pitch, but more tactically, in the analysis room, between the players, all came good and we’re through.”
"They have a few players that can produce special moments - that’s what we realised in the first game. They can just not be doing much and then just come up with something crazy, so they still had little bits, but nothing of substance.
"We defended well, we knew it was going to be a tough game, so as a back-line we’re really happy we kept their forward threats quiet.”
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