Swansea City’s five-game winning streak came to an end as they suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Millwall at The Den.
George Saville scored the only goal of the game in the first half, firing home at the far post after the hosts had enjoyed the better of the early exchanges. Swansea keeper Carl Rushworth also had to be alert, while Lawrence Vigouroux produced a couple of important stops to keep the deficit at one.
The Swans responded well after the break and pushed for an equaliser, with Jisung Eom and Žan Vipotnik both going close, but they were unable to find the finishing touch to extend their unbeaten run to eight games.
Hannes Delcroix replaced the injured Harry Darling in the only change from the victory over QPR on Easter Monday.
The Swans bring the curtain down on their EFL Championship campaign on Saturday, when Oxford United are the visitors to the Swansea.com stadium for a 12:30 kick-off.
Team Line-ups
Swansea City: Lawrence Vigouroux; Josh Key, Ben Cabango (captain), Hannes Delcroix, Josh Tymon; Jay Fulton (Ollie Cooper 67), Goncalo Franco(Joe Allen 67), Lewis O’Brien; Ronald (Florian Bianchini 86), Jisung Eom, Liam Cullen (Žan Vipotnik 67)
Unused Substitutes: Jon McLaughlin, Cyrus Christie, Kyle Naughton, Sam Parker.
Millwall: George Evans, Jake Cooper (captain), Japhet Tanganga, Femi Azeez, Josh Coburn (Aidomo Emakhu 74), George Saville, Casper De Norre (Ryan Wintle 87), Luke Cundle (George Honeyman 58), Mihailo Ivanovic, Tristan Crama, Zak Sturge.
Unused Substitutes: Jakob Przewozny, Aaron Connolly, Daniel Kelly, Macaulay Langstaff, Ryan Leonard, Wes Harding.
Referee: Ben Speedie
Attendance: 17,239 including 1,354 Swansea fans.
Post-Match Reaction from Alan Sheehan
Alan Sheehan believes Swansea City were unfortunate not to take anything from their visit to Millwall after a dominant second-half showing ended in a narrow 1-0 defeat.
George Saville’s first-half goal proved decisive, bringing Swansea’s five-game winning run and seven-match unbeaten streak to an end.
“In the first half we probably did not control the madness as well as we could,” said the caretaker head coach, who also confirmed that defender Harry Darling had been a late withdrawal from his team.
“They score from a second or third-phase play where a ricochet lands for them and they score, without us having really conceded many clear chances.
“But we did not have control of the game, and in the second half we were a lot, lot better and showed a lot of character.
“We are disappointed, because I think we have done enough to get something out of this game.
“But consistency is key, if you keep putting in performances then more often than not you will get your rewards. We have had an excellent run and I am proud of the players for that.”
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Match Highlights
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