Alex Neil thinks Millwall fortunate to take all three points at Sheffield United

Millwall boss Alex Neil felt his side were fortunate to come away from Sheffield United with a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship victory.

Luke Cundle’s first-half strike put them ahead but the Blades were much sharper after the break and were perhaps unfortunate not to get anything out of the game.

Louie Barry and Gustavo Hamer brought impressive saves from Steven Benda in the second period but United have now lost all four of their fixtures in this fledgling campaign.

For the Lions, they bounced back from last week’s 3-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough and lie in eighth spot three games into the league season.

Neil said: “Sheffield United are a good side, aren’t they? I know it’s been a difficult start for them but what they’ve got, they’re a good team.

“Most of these players last year finished the season really strongly, finished with 92 points, something ridiculous like that.

“We needed our goalkeeper to make I think two great saves, one from Hamer, one from Barry down to his other corner.

“But certainly for us you could see how light we are today in terms of personnel. We were stretched to the max.

“There was going to be a spell where it was going to be backs against the wall, defend your box, do the basics, and, yeah, relying on your goalkeeper at times. And that’s how it panned out.

“We’re just delighted we got the win. I think when this team, when this club’s got adversity against us, it’s probably when we’re at our best. I thought today was a typical Millwall performance where everything’s against us and we managed to dig one out.”

United manager Ruben Selles has urged his team to keep battling and become more consistent in carrying the game to the opposition.

He felt they lost their way a bit after starting strongly but wants more than just a few “moments” in a game.

He said: “The first 10 minutes, we were on top of the game, trying to create, trying to generate, being aggressive.

“I think we lost a little bit of organisation and started to lose duels in the middle of the pitch, allowing perhaps too much in the first half. And then we conceded a goal after a corner.

“I think we can recognise the team that we were in the second half, going for the game, playing, attacking, creating situations to score.

“And yeah, we are in the situation right now where all those situations are not going in our favour so we will need to keep fighting.

“I think if we talk about transfer window, change, new project, all those things, we will be making excuses. I think what we are missing is to make a robust performance for 90-95 minutes.

“To be the team that we want to be in terms of connections, in terms of football, in terms of defensive passion, in terms of attacking, aggression, that we want to be for a full entire game, not only in moments of the game.”