YOU’RE ALL TERRIFIED!
Tough guy Morison blasts Prem softies
STEVE MORISON claims the frightened Foxes were beaten before kick-off at The Den – by the Millwall roar.
The Premier League champions crashed out to the 10-man Lions thanks to Shaun Cummings’ last-minute winner.
But Morison (inset, below) reckons they were already beaten by the hostile atmosphere created by the sell-out 18,012 crowd, the League One club’s biggest for 16 years.
And he claimed Foxes full-back Ben Chilwell was so scared he refused to take throw-ins in front of the snarling home fans.
Millwall striker Morison said: “We spoke about it before, we wanted it to be hostile. We were hostile on the pitch.
“It wasn’t knocking someone over and asking if they’re okay and picking them up, we’re here to win a football game.
“The left-back, after a couple of bits of verbal, he didn’t want to take a throw-in! I’m not being funny, he said his fingers hurt him. Come on, we’re playing a game of football.
“He didn’t want to take a throw-in after that. He asked the centre-half to take the throw-ins first half.
“Football is changing. You’ve see centre-halves drop off and let the midfielders go for the headers from goal-kicks because they don’t want the physical battle.
“If they don’t want to have the physical battle they’re going to come unstuck because it’s what we do week-in, week-out and I love it. I think it’s great.
“You either sink or swim when you come here. So far three teams have come here and they’ve sunk.”
The hostility bubbled over at the end, with hundreds of Millwall fans invading the pitch, missiles thrown by both sets of fans and Leicester supporters fighting with police.
That looks set to land both clubs with an FA charge – and there were also reports that some away fans’ coaches had windows smashed leaving the ground.
Police made three arrests outside the ground for affray, with that figure set to rise significantly, while at least 12 people were treated for injuries. One Foxes fan was taken to hospital with a head injury.
With Leicester joining Premier League teams Bournemouth and Watford in losing here this season, Morison wanted another home draw in the sixth round, but will probably settle for a short trip across London and a mouth-watering derby with Premier League Spurs.
Millwall were a man down for the majority of the second half after Jake Cooper picked up a second yellow in the 52nd minute.
But the sending off only served to galvanise them.
Leicester winger Ahmed Musa said: “Everybody in the team, we are so angry, we are so upset.
“We had the confidence that we are going to win the game because we played very well. But at the end of 90 minutes, they just had one chance and scored a goal.” Millwall boss Neil Harris, who played in the 2004 final, celebrated victory by watching his son’s old PE teachers on Match of the Day. Harris said: “Danny and Nicky Cowley are good friends of mine. They were PE teachers at my son’s school. “I’m delighted Lincoln managed to get through – that is the big story of the round. “I speak with Danny and Nicky regularly. “They were very popular with the pupils. Well, they are PE teachers, aren’t they? It’s not real teaching, is it?”