Gary’s Lions like lambs to slaughter

BOSS Gary Rowett accused his Millwall side of lacking fight against Swansea.

Jamal Lowe’s 23rd-minute spot-kick put the Swans in front after Jake Cooper pulled back Jerry Yates.

But there was no fightback from the Lions and Swans skipper Matt Grimes added a second with a 20-yard strike and substitute Mykola Kukharevych added a third as the Welsh outfit won on the road for the first time since April 22.

Millwall had 22 efforts – five of them on target – but keeper Carl Rushworth made vital saves to deny Duncan Watmore, Ryan Leonard and Kevin Nisbet.

Rowett said: “We just didn’t have that clinical edge when we got chances.

“Even at 1-0 I felt if we went on and got that next goal then the game would turn and change. We concede a pretty poor second goal and then from there I didn’t really like the way we responded.

“We’ve had a habit of conceding goals and showing our frustration rather than fighting until the last second of the game. It’s something that has been a hallmark of our recent performances.”

Swansea have recorded back-to-back wins to ease some of the pressure on head coach Michael Duff, who said: “You saw a bit more what we wanted to look like.

‘‘The first goal is 40-plus passes in the build-up to the penalty and I think it should’ve been a red card. The second goal is 20-25 passes in the build up.

‘‘We’re still a long way from where we want to be but there’s been a reaction from the Cardiff game, when we let everyone down associated with the club.’’

MILLWALL: Bialkowski 4; Leonard 6, Cooper 5, Wallace 4 (Mcnamara (80) 5); Norton-cuffy 5 (Esse (46) 5), Longman 5 (Bryan (46) 5), De Norre 5, Campbell 5 (Emakhu (70) 5), Flemming 4 (Saville (80) 5); Watmore 5, Nisbet 5 SWANSEA: Rushworth 6; Cabango 7, Darling 6, Humphreys 6; Grimes 7; Key 7, Patino 7 (Fulton (70) 6), Paterson 7 (Tymon (63) 6), Lowe 8, Cooper (78) 6); Cullen 6, Yates 6 (Kukharevych (46) 6) STAR MAN: Jamal Lowe – His penalty put the Swans on their way to victory. REF: John Busby 6