John Eustace disagrees with Alex Neil over Millwall's late Derby County win

The two managers have had their say after Millwall’s late win over Derby County.

Millwall left it late to pick up a big three points on Saturday, defeating strugglers Derby County away from home and ruining John Eustace’s home debut as Rams boss in the process. Josh Coburn scored five minutes into added time to ensure the points returned to the capital, and Millwall are now in 11th spot, six points off the play-offs.

The Lions will want to consolidate their top half status before assessing whether they are playoff material down the stretch, but for now, they will be pleased to pick up their first away league win of the month, and Neil Harris believes it was what his side deserved.

“I thought it was no more than what we deserved in the game,” he told MillwallTV. “I thought we had good opportunities in the game, and I thought in the first half, we had two or three good chances.

“Japhet [Tanganga] should have had a penalty. We got into good positions but just lacked that final ball. We had a shot in the second half. The keeper made a good save with his feet, we missed a penalty, so we did enough to win the game. When you miss those opportunities, you are worried that the goal won’t come. I felt all the subs that came on made us stronger, they gave us energy, and they got after the ball more.

“You could say we played midweek, we travelled midweek and travelled again today, so you could say we’ve done a lot more than Derby in that sense, I thought that we were the team that at the end were pushing to get the goal, we deserved it, delighted for the lads.”

As for Derby, their boss Eustace disagreed with Neil’s verdict, believing his side were unlucky to be on the losing end of a tightly-contested clash at Pride Park. He told the Derby Telegraph: “I was really disappointed to lose the game because I didn't feel we deserved to. We probably didn't do enough to win it either. We were up against a really difficult team in Millwall who have not lost many games in the last 10 or 11.

"We knew it was going to be a tough match, but I was happy with the attitude of the boys. You can see the areas where we need to improve. It's very evident. That just comes from hard work on the training ground."

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