A poor start, then an exciting and closely fought game and a good comeback win.
We started poorly. They were out of the blocks from the first whistle and pressed us back with some good play, some neat passing and we were struggling to get a foothold. From an early passing move down the left we were stretched and Cooper gave away a corner. It was swung in, their Godden was first to the ball with his head and their giant CH poked it in from three yards. They were over the moon and their mob in the north stand were giving it large. It was definitely an uphill struggle and we had to focus on our own game to try and get back into it. They were looking sharp. When they broke forward they always had a spare man, played some good fifteen yard triangles and carved out some good attacking moves. Their Gyokeres with 17 on his back looked lively and we were struggling to contain him. After 10 Bennett went down holding his leg and off he went to be replaced by Burey. It took us time but we were slowly getting back into it but they had not given up. After 20 they got a second. A decent move down their left had Danny stretched and the winger got half a yard on him. Hit a deep cross and their attacker stretched and hooked it past Bart for 2-0. We were up against it big time and it was tough to get back into it. Burey looked lively and got the better of their defenders with sharp runs but we couldn’t carve out a decent chance. Then they pushed the self destruct button. A foul in the middle of the park gave us a free kick which Honeyman floated into the box. Their keeper thought he would come out and punch it clear but Cooper beat him to it, headed it over a bunch of players ino an unguarded net for 1-2. We we’re back in it and they looked surprised. We had the better of the remainder of the first half but went in a goal behind.
The second half we played better. We pushed up onto their midfield, gave them less space, tried to play behind them and slowly gained control. It wasn’t long before it was all square. There was a good interchange of play involving Molly and Burey and the latter cut inside and hit a sweet shot which their keeper may have got a fingertip to it but it bounced back off the far post and Honeyman hit the rebound home for his first lions goal. The crowd came into play big time and were giving it large to their mob who had gone very quiet. Then the turning point of the game arrived. We cleared a corner to Burey who streaked past their midfielder Hamer who cynically brought him down for a second yellow and an early bath. He was really fuming, gave it big to his manager and stormed off cheered on by a raucous Millwall crowd. It was an uphill climb for them but to give them even more to chase we took off Cresswell and Honeyman and put on Leonard and Sav. Leonard slotted into the back five and Sav added energy to the middle. With five to go Sav slotted in the winner with a shot through a crowded box which found the bottom left hand corner. We brought on Olaofe and Evans for Benik and Shack with two to go but they had little to do apart from a late chance for Olaofe. They huffed and puffed but couldn’t blow our house down and after six added minutes Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud.
Bart could do little about the two goals conceded but made two or three good stops too. Danny was solid and a threat at times and Cresswell looked strong and aggressive. Cooper played well and took his goal well and Murray had a decent game. Molly had his moments especially going forward and Dabo did not get the better of him in this game. Billy was very busy and looked accomplished in his role Shack had his moments and Honeyman was busy and pressed hard. Bennett looked OK for ten minutes but Burey probably shaded MOM with some very good moments and a great shot to set up the second goal. Benik was busy but Olaofe had a bit more energy for the last few minutes. Evans was competent. They crowd were giving it large at the end with version of 2-0 and you mucked it up.
It was an exciting game and a good comeback win and we sit fourth at the time of writing this. Swansea on Tuesday will present some.big challenges
We started poorly. They were out of the blocks from the first whistle and pressed us back with some good play, some neat passing and we were struggling to get a foothold. From an early passing move down the left we were stretched and Cooper gave away a corner. It was swung in, their Godden was first to the ball with his head and their giant CH poked it in from three yards. They were over the moon and their mob in the north stand were giving it large. It was definitely an uphill struggle and we had to focus on our own game to try and get back into it. They were looking sharp. When they broke forward they always had a spare man, played some good fifteen yard triangles and carved out some good attacking moves. Their Gyokeres with 17 on his back looked lively and we were struggling to contain him. After 10 Bennett went down holding his leg and off he went to be replaced by Burey. It took us time but we were slowly getting back into it but they had not given up. After 20 they got a second. A decent move down their left had Danny stretched and the winger got half a yard on him. Hit a deep cross and their attacker stretched and hooked it past Bart for 2-0. We were up against it big time and it was tough to get back into it. Burey looked lively and got the better of their defenders with sharp runs but we couldn’t carve out a decent chance. Then they pushed the self destruct button. A foul in the middle of the park gave us a free kick which Honeyman floated into the box. Their keeper thought he would come out and punch it clear but Cooper beat him to it, headed it over a bunch of players ino an unguarded net for 1-2. We we’re back in it and they looked surprised. We had the better of the remainder of the first half but went in a goal behind.
The second half we played better. We pushed up onto their midfield, gave them less space, tried to play behind them and slowly gained control. It wasn’t long before it was all square. There was a good interchange of play involving Molly and Burey and the latter cut inside and hit a sweet shot which their keeper may have got a fingertip to it but it bounced back off the far post and Honeyman hit the rebound home for his first lions goal. The crowd came into play big time and were giving it large to their mob who had gone very quiet. Then the turning point of the game arrived. We cleared a corner to Burey who streaked past their midfielder Hamer who cynically brought him down for a second yellow and an early bath. He was really fuming, gave it big to his manager and stormed off cheered on by a raucous Millwall crowd. It was an uphill climb for them but to give them even more to chase we took off Cresswell and Honeyman and put on Leonard and Sav. Leonard slotted into the back five and Sav added energy to the middle. With five to go Sav slotted in the winner with a shot through a crowded box which found the bottom left hand corner. We brought on Olaofe and Evans for Benik and Shack with two to go but they had little to do apart from a late chance for Olaofe. They huffed and puffed but couldn’t blow our house down and after six added minutes Rockin’ All Over the World rang out loud and proud.
Bart could do little about the two goals conceded but made two or three good stops too. Danny was solid and a threat at times and Cresswell looked strong and aggressive. Cooper played well and took his goal well and Murray had a decent game. Molly had his moments especially going forward and Dabo did not get the better of him in this game. Billy was very busy and looked accomplished in his role Shack had his moments and Honeyman was busy and pressed hard. Bennett looked OK for ten minutes but Burey probably shaded MOM with some very good moments and a great shot to set up the second goal. Benik was busy but Olaofe had a bit more energy for the last few minutes. Evans was competent. They crowd were giving it large at the end with version of 2-0 and you mucked it up.
It was an exciting game and a good comeback win and we sit fourth at the time of writing this. Swansea on Tuesday will present some.big challenges
Thank you.
