Millwall vs Sheffield Wednesday. Sky Bet Championship.
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Tuesday 20 February 2018 23:29, UK
Millwall climbed into the top half of the Championship after coming from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1.
Joey Pelupessy opened the scoring with his first goal for the Owls three minutes before the break. But second-half efforts from Lee Gregory and Steve Morison handed Millwall all three points.
While the hosts dominated possession throughout the first half, they created little beyond a chance for Gregory which the forward struck narrowly wide and Ben Marshall's curling effort which was deflected onto the left post.
They appeared under little pressure but in the 42nd minute, Dutch midfielder Pelupessy, a January signing, punished them with a fine goal against the run of play.
After collecting Jack Hunt's clearance, without warning he cut inside onto his right foot and from the edge of the area powerfully bent inside the far, top right corner.
Having rarely looked like scoring, Millwall netted their equaliser only seven minutes into the second half, through Gregory.
From a free-kick on the right, Shaun Williams crossed towards Jake Cooper, who headed back across goal to gift Gregory the close-range header he powerfully sent high into the back of the net.
With the momentum theirs, Millwall scored again 11 minutes later.
When Wednesday defender Jordan Thorniley went down clutching his face when vying with Jed Wallace for a loose ball, the winger squared to Morison, who from in front of goal and unchallenged, scored with a low, routine finish.
After a delay, Thorniley was taken off on a stretcher, and Wednesday, who remain 16th, offered little response, even with 13 minutes of added time.
Neil Harris: "Let's not get carried away with ourselves. I know the points gap's decreased, we're pushing at the moment, it's a great place for my players to be, the company we're in in this divison, and full credit goes to the squad. But we've got a long way to go. We just want to keep going. The boys are loving it, the staff are enjoying it.
"Second half the players were outstanding. We scored the two goals, we could have scored a couple more, and when we had to stand strong and defend, we did. I'm really pleased for the players. My sole aim was to get to 50 points. We've got to get five from our last 13 games.
"What we have done now, 33 games in, is show ourselves to be competitive at this level and shown ourselves to be as good a squad as a lot of expensively assembled squads."
Jos Luhukay: "We don't have a good feeling about the injury. Jordan's gone to hospital with our doctor. I think a foot from the opponent unluckily hit his face. I could not see the situation from my position, so I can't say (if Millwall should have put the ball out). Just a couple of seconds later Jordan was lying on the floor.
"We are very disappointed, we lost the game in just a couple of minutes in the second half: we must look to ourselves. We learn from every game, we've had good recent performances but the confidence after five minutes was not there."
