Neil impressed by Millwall's response

Boss Alex Neil said Millwall showed good spirit to earn a point against high-flying Ipswich after back-to-back losses.

Millwall boss Alex Neil (right)
Alex Neil's side are seventh in the Championship, outside the play-off places on goal difference [Getty Images]

Millwall boss Alex Neil said his side showed good spirit to earn a point against high-flying Ipswich Town following back-to-back defeats.

"For the qualities we know Ipswich have got, and how stretched we are at the moment, I thought the lads did extremely well," Neil said.

"I was really pleased with the effort they put into the game. I didn't think we deserved to lose the game by any stretch – if anything, if any team would have nicked it, it would have been us nicking it.

"Saying we held on [for the draw] does us a bit of a disservice, albeit we did concede the ball but I don't think we were getting peppered by any means.

"I thought keeping the clean sheet was important – obviously, the last couple of results haven't been great and we needed to make sure we didn't lose."

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