Millwall manager’s disappointment in defeat

Saturday, 10 April 2021, 20:15
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Millwall manager Gary Rowett admitted that his side “did not play well enough” when he talked about the Swans’ 3-0 win at The Den earlier today but was still seeing positives within the performance which he felt could have seen a very different result at the end.

Rowett saw his side well beaten by a Swans side who came into the game on the back of four successive defeats thanks to a first half strike from Andre Ayew and a well taken double from Jamal Lowe who scored his first goals for the Swans since January.

The result just about ended any slim hopes that Millwall had of breaking into the play off spaces at the end of the season – hopes that were dashed further when Barnsley, Brentford and Bournemouth all won this afternoon.

Speaking after the game, Rowett saidย โ€œSwansea are a very good side when they are 1-0 up and have something to protect and they can transition on you well. Defensively they are very solid so I was not happy with that. I felt the way it came about was poor and changed the complexion of the game. We started well in the second half, we hit the post to make it level, we didnโ€™t quite take that moment and then we made a mistake for the second goal. I donโ€™t think we played well enough.

โ€œYou always want to score the first goal, but while the gameโ€™s at 0-0 then itโ€™s in the balance, but we had moments in the game to go 1-0 up and we didnโ€™t take them. We then conceded a very poor goal, now youโ€™ve got to chase the game, when you chase the game we have to become a bit more open. We hit the post and donโ€™t get the equaliser we then have to chase the game and put more attackers on. We put more attackers on, you leave more space for the opposition, it becomes a game of balance. If we can find the next goal then it makes it interesting.

โ€œWe didnโ€™t ask quite enough questions in the final third of Swansea, what I would also say is we have to defend better for all three goals.”

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

Phil Sumbler

Been watching the Swans since the very late 1970s and running the Planet Swans website (in all its current and previous guises since the summer of 2001 As it stood JackArmy.net was right at the forefront of some of the activity against Tony Petty back in 2001, breaking many of the stories of the day as fans stood against the actions where the local media failed. Was involved with the Swans Supporters Trust from 2005, for the large part as Chairman before standing down in the summer of 2020.

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