Sunday Mirror

MORE ARM FOR MILLERS

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70th-minute strike earned the three points for Barnsley, which sends them to within a point of the top six.

The Newcastle loanee coolly finished from eight yards after a defence-splitting pass from Ryan Kent. Boss Paul Heckingbot­tom said: “I’m pleased to come out with the three points.

“I thought it was exactly like a derby, not a huge amount of quality but a lot of endeavour, fullbloode­d and really competitiv­e.

“Rotherham tried to make it difficult for us – and we had to really match what they threw at us.

“There were two moments of quality from us and they mattered.

“One was Kenty playing the ball through the full-back for Arma and the second was him tucking it away, which I thought was a fantastic finish.

“Then as the match wore on we got more and more on top, then finished the game stronger.”

Paul Warne saw his strugglers lose a 17th game of the season but felt his Millers put Possession Shots On Target Shots Off Target Blocked Shots Corners Fouls Conceded Offsides Yellow Cards Red Cards 52% 48% 4 2 9 7 4 5 5 3 11 11 2 3 1 1 0 0 in a good performanc­e. He said: “It was a tight game.

“I thought the lads went toe-to-toe with them but we need to score when we are on top.

“The game is decided by the smallest of margins. After 60 minutes, I thought it had 0-0 written all over it. Obviously that wasn’t the case.

“I don’t think we played our best football and I don’t think Barnsley did either, the game could have gone either way.

“I really like Barnsley, they have got pace throughout the team.

“Unfortunat­ely we didn’t create a chance as clear cut as theirs.”

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