Millwall continued their superb run of form as they produced one of the narrow football results of the weekend in the Championship. Jake Cooper has five goals in his last seven games against Sheffield United and his header in the 61st minute was his only goal of the game. It was Millwall’s fourth consecutive win in the league as they move within five points of the top six.
Managers Reaction
Millwall’s Gary Rowett: “To win four on the spin is a brilliant achievement for the players, especially in the scenario that we’re in, with players going down injured in every single game. It’s quite phenomenal, really, to play a team like Sheffield United, after Wednesday night’s exertions [at Derby]. They obviously had the luxury of making three strong changes to their team – they can bring very strong players on and we’re in a position, at the moment, where we’ve almost got to keep grinding it out.”
Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom: “It was an attritional game [between] two teams who played Wednesday night and I thought first half that’s what it looked like. From our point of view, I don’t think there was anything in it. If you look at statistics and passes, and all the things that don’t really matter, we probably shaded it. We’d have taken a 0-0 the way we played and come away with a point from here, with the form that Millwall is in. But, performance-wise, we didn’t think we were at our best and that’s the disappointing thing: the way we lost.”
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