Swansea were held to a second successive home point as Millwall rode out an early storm to draw 1-1 and stay ahead of their hosts in the Championship table.

It had been a stoppage-time equaliser that earned Hull a share of the points at the Swansea.Com Stadium a fortnight earlier and they conceded late on again to lose 1-0 at Birmingham last weekend.

Zan Vipotnik's 12th-minute goal gave Alan Sheehan's side the perfect start, but Josh Coburn equalised on the stroke of half-time. In the end, Millwall could be content with a point to add to their win against Watford earlier in the week.

Swansea are unbeaten at home this season, as are Millwall in away league games, and only two points separate them in mid-table.

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Alan Sheehan's side flooded forward in the opening exchanges and won back-to-back corners from their first attack, and it was no surprise when Vipotnik opened the scoring in the 12th minute.

It was a superb, instinctive finish from the Slovenian striker to register his sixth goal in seven games this season. Malick Yalcouye won the ball high up the pitch and drove into the box before pulling the ball back to Ronald.

The Brazilian winger dragged his shot across goal but Vipotnik somehow backheeled the ball past keeper Steven Benda.

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Having promised so much with their explosive start, Swansea failed to deliver any more for the rest of the half and found themselves being pushed back by the Lions as they pressed higher and harder to enjoy more possession.

Then, right on the stroke of half-time, the visitors struck to level the score. The ball was pumped into the middle and an excellent header across goal from Jake Cooper found Coburn, who buried his close-range header to notch his first goal of the season.

The second half became end to end as both sides went in search of a winner.

Swansea thought they should have had a penalty in the 69th minute when a low cross from the left by Josh Tymon seemed destined to be turned in by Vipotnik on the edge of the six-yard box. He did not get the touch he needed and he and the home fans claimed that was due to his shirt being pulled but the referee waved play on.

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Millwall were next to get a big chance when a mix-up in defence saw home keeper Lawrence Vigouroux pass directly to Macauley Langstaff. With nobody home and only one defender in front of goal, Langstaff saw his tame shot cleared.

Vipotnik forced Benda into another save three minutes from time and Adam Idah followed up to put the ball in the net only for the referee to rule he had kicked it out of the Millwall keeper's hands.

The managers

Swansea's Alan Sheehan:

"It was a stonewall penalty - I don't know what else to say.

"These are the decisions right now, we had one last week and now this one. When the league is so tight, with teams from the bottom beating sides at the top, these are the games in which you want to keep accumulating points so it's a decision I feel the referee got wrong.

"You have to give referees 30 minutes after the game before speaking to them and so I'll be asking him why he got it wrong. Unfortunately, it's gone now and we don't want to be a team that is unlucky and whingeing about decisions, and we know we need to be more clinical in the final third.

"We were very good for large parts of the first half and then got the goal. But we conceded a set-piece on the stroke of half-time that we didn't defend properly.

"We've got to find a way of getting that second goal."

Millwall's Alex Neil:

"That's a good end to a pretty good week for us and it was nice to see Josh getting a goal.

"It was a really hard-fought game and Swansea were very good at the start. Resilience is important and you need to see things through when other teams are playing well.

"Their goal was disappointing from our perspective and meant we had to find a way to get back into the match.

"Ben Cabango somehow got in front of Josh to scoop the ball over the bar just before our goal and I'm really pleased for Josh. He's been getting into the right positions and creating chances, but he hasn't been converting. I just hope things start to click for him now he's off the mark.

"Swansea hadn't been beaten in 10 games at home in all competitions before we came here and it was a tough game against a good side that is well coached.

"We finished last season very well and so the expectations were sky-high coming into this campaign. But what we've had to contend with in terms of injuries, seven or maybe eight of them at times, has made it difficult.

"We've just had to get on with it because nobody cares about that."

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