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Derby 0-1 Millwall: Josh Coburn misses penalty before scoring late winner
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Derby County and Millwall at Pride Park on Saturday; Josh Coburn misses late penalty for Lions but then scores last-gasp stoppage-time winner.
Saturday 22 February 2025 16:01, UK
Josh Coburn scored a stoppage-time winner to snatch Millwall a 1-0 victory at Pride Park and plunge Derby deeper into relegation trouble.
Coburn had seen a late penalty saved but he was in the right place in the fifth minute of time added on to turn in the rebound and secure a win that keeps the Lions in the play-off race.
Derby remain rooted in the bottom three and have now failed to win or score a goal at home this year.
Millwall looked the more threatening in the first 15 minutes and had penalty claims waved away after Japhet Tanganga went down under Matt Clarke's challenge before Joe Bryan fired just wide from 20 yards.
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The Rams finally fashioned a decent chance in the 36th minute with Kenzo Goudmijn getting in behind on the left but his cross was headed wide by Ebou Adams.
Derby had to improve in the final third in the second half but a heavy touch from Lars-Jorgen Salvesen saw a decent move break down in the opening minutes.
Salvesen did better shortly afterwards but his low ball in was cleared before Jerry Yates could get in a shot.
Millwall lost the impressive Bryan in the 58th minute after he was caught by Ryan Nyambe who was booked, and Derby almost took the lead five minutes later.
A corner was headed powerfully by Clarke against Femi Azeez and onto the underside of the crossbar but when the ball came down it fell into the hands of goalkeeper Lukas Jensen.
It was the closest there had been to a goal in a game short on quality, but Millwall had a great chance to win it in the 84th minute.
Coburn went down under the challenge of Sondre Langas as he ran across the box and referee Elliot Bell pointed to the spot.
It looked harsh but Coburn could not take advantage as his penalty was saved by Jacob Widell Zetterstrom diving to his right.
Both teams had chances to win it in eight minutes of added time and it was Coburn who made amends at the back post to tap in the rebound after Zetterstrom had saved from George Saville.
The managers
Derby's John Eustace:
"I'm really disappointed to lose the game, I didn't think we deserved to lose, although we probably didn't do enough to win the game either.
"We were up against a very difficult team in Millwall who haven't lost many games out of the last 10 or 11 so we knew it was going to be tough, but I was happy with the attitude of the boys.
"You can see the areas where we need to improve and that just comes from hard work on the training pitch.
"We have to improve in the final third, it's very evident where we need to improve and all we can do is keep working with the boys and see where it takes us."
Millwall's Alex Neil:
"I thought it was no more than we deserved. I thought with 10 minutes to go we were the team pushing to try and get the goal.
"What I think it does show is the resilience of the group. The moment's gone (the penalty), don't feel sorry for yourself, get on with the next action and we did.
"The ball landed to Josh, he tucked it away and it's a good moment for him, he deserved his goal.
"We always knew it was going to be a tough match. It was John's (Eustace) first home game and given where Derby are in the league, we knew we had to go about our work to try and win the game.
"The discussion point before the game was don't let this season drift. We're at that stage where you look at the fixtures and think 'that's a big one' and we don't want to be any different.
"The last thing we want is for people to be looking at our games and thinking 'that's a dead rubber'.
"So for us we want to be in contention and make sure there's something for us to fight for and the only way to do that is to win more points, so that in itself was huge motivation for us."
