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Millwall snatch crucial win to keep up play-off push
Jul 3, 2020
Charlton 0-1 Millwall
Jake Cooper pounced on Dillon Phillips' error to steal Millwall a crucial 1-0 Championship victory at Charlton.
Centre back Cooper gleefully blasted home after goalkeeper Phillips spilled Connor Mahoney's long-range strike, to hand Millwall their first win since the league's resumption.
The Lions had lost to Derby and drawn with Barnsley and Swansea heading into Friday night's trip to The Valley.
And for large swathes of an uncompromising encounter the visitors looked to be grinding towards another share of the spoils.
But Cooper reacted quickest when it mattered most, to swipe all three points for Gary Rowett's side who are now eighth, two points outside the play-off places.
Republic of Ireland Under-21 international Jayson Molumby started in the middle of the park but made way for Ben Thompson at half-time, while his compatriot Shaun Williams came on for Jed Wallace in the 86th minute.
Josh Cullen and Aiden McGeady both started for the hosts.
An incongruous bout of fireworks in the stadium's vicinity proved at complete odds with matters on the pitch.
Incessant rain and two teams grafting with no compromise but also insufficient quality generated a damp squib.
Sparks were few and far between, with a goalless first-half neither surprising nor wholly unfair.
Matt Smith should have done better with a snap header for the visitors, while Charlton's Macauley Bonne struck straight at Bartosz Bialkowski when through one on one.
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