Milwall pulled off one of the most bizarre comebacks as they produced one of the close football results of the weekend in the Championship. Ryan Manning put the hosts ahead in the first minute of the game before Michael Obafemi doubled their advantage in the 12th minute. It looked like an easy win for the hosts before two own goals leveled the score.
Managers Reaction
Swansea’s Russell Martin: “The ball goes out for a throw-in and one of our players not involved punches the ball back on the pitch. I’m absolutely furious about it and I’ve told him. That just can’t happen. He punched the ball back to them to take a throw-in quickly and we concede a goal. It’s those little moments that make a big difference. Whether you’re on the bench, or whether you’re not involved, you need to add value to your team somehow. That’s certainly not adding value.
Millwall’s Gary Rowett: “It felt like the game had gone for us on 90 minutes, but we were still getting good chances. They had 18 shots to our 16, so we still had plenty of opportunities on goal. I was an assistant manager once when we were leading 5-2 with eight minutes to play and we ended up losing 6-5, so anything can happen. Even though they outpassed us and outplayed us, we hit the bar twice and we should have had two penalties. We had just as many good moments as they did. We want to be the team that keeps going to the last whistle. If we run out of time we run out of time, but we don’t run out of character and effort in trying to turn the game around. I think teams will be fearful of our determination, but not our starts to games – that’s pretty clear.”
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