ADE Akinbiyi revealed he broke his own spot-kick vow to become the hat-trick hero at Luton.

The Burnley striker had never taken a penalty in his career before coolly stepping up to score the winner at Kenilworth Road, where the Clarets were forced to play for 51 minutes with 10 men and midfielder John Spicer as a stand-in goalkeeper.

And the Championship's leading scorer went on to dedicate his first treble in six years to red-faced keeper Brian Jensen, whose sending off proved the catalyst for a remarkable, against-all-odds victory.

"After the game Brian wrote 'I owe you one' but I don't see it like that," said 12-goal Akinbiyi.

"At half time we said we had to do it for Brian because he was feeling sorry for himself and I was delighted to get the hat-trick.

"To be honest, I've never taken a penalty in my life. I didn't really want a penalty on my record and I've always said that if I had the opportunity, I wouldn't do it.

"But someone had to step up and thankfully it all worked out well."

Akinbiyi's amazing hat-trick came exactly six years to the day he last scored three in a game for Wolves against Grimsby Town - ironically with Danny Coyne in goal for Town.

"For the first goal, John (Spicer) put me through and just managed to cut across the defender and slide it under the goalkeeper," explained Akinbiyi.

"For the second there was only one thing on my mind and that was to hit it! Sometimes you catch them right and that's what happened and it's definitely one of the best goals I've ever scored.

"But after that came the sending off and I don't think we can have too many complaints. At half time we decided we had nothing to lose, but we defended brilliantly as a team.

"I've never been in a game like that before, where we've had all the odds against us but still come away with the win.

"It's a good feeling and it says a lot about the character in the team. We do it for each other and that's because the manager has given us that spirit of togetherness.

"When we were having bad times and losing games we stuck together and knew we would come through it.

"After the game the manager told us it was the biggest win he's ever had and it's nice to be a part of that. But we are not going to get carried away. We'll just keep working hard and see how high that takes us."