Harry in a hurry to make his point for Bluebirds chief Mick

MICK McCARTHY admits he got the desired response from Harry Wilson after leaving him on the bench for Cardiff.

The Wales star was finally in the action after an hour, and his quality shone through as he set up a crucial leveller for Kieffer Moore (below) following Aden Flint’s early own goal for the Lions.

And new Bluebirds boss McCarthy was delighted to see Wilson take out his anger on the Millwall defence.

“I know Harry has been a starter and there was some surprise that he hasn’t played,” he said.

“But I loved his reaction of coming on and creating that goal.

“He’s a talented lad who can play a number of positions.

“We were behind in the game and had to change something and Harry went on and created problems from in behind the front two.

“The best I’ve seen him play is wide right cutting on to his left foot, he’s talented and he’s done well today.”

A calamity of errors in the Cardiff defence gifted Millwall the perfect start.

Sean Morrison headed a long ball forward straight into the path of Jed Wallace, who surged down the left flank and tried to play the ball across the face of goal.

Flint got back to cut out the cross but only succeeded in diverting the ball past Alex Smithies and into his own goal.

Former Bluebird Kenneth Zohore should have struck the killer blow when Wallace put him one-on-one, but he dragged his effort wide.

Maikel Kieftenbeld cleared a Moore header off the line to keep the Lions in front before Smithies denied Zohore with a reaction save. McCarthy turned to Wilson and Josh Murphy to add the creative spark.

And the Wales playmaker’s perfectly weighted pass allowed Moore to run on to the ball and chip it over the on-rushing Bartosz Bialkowski in the 71st minute.

“It’s the story of our season really,” said Millwall assistant manager Adam Barrett.

“We were relatively solid at the back, hard to break down and created some great opportunities but we haven’t taken them and it’s costing us wins.”

Smithies 7; Nelson 6, Flint

5, Morrison 5; Ng 7, Bacuna 6 (Wilson

(62nd) 8), Vaulks 6, Ralls 6, Bennett

6; Ojo 5 (Murphy (62nd) 6), Moore 8 (Glatzel 83rd)

Bialkowski 6; Hutchinson

6, Cooper 6, Leonard 6; McNamara

7, Kieftenbeld 8, Woods 6, Malone 6; Wallace 8, Thompson 5 (Bodvarsson

(78th) 6), Zohore 4

Kieffer Moore

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