BY DANIEL MARSH
Gary Rowett hailed Bartosz Bialkowski after the Polish stopper’s sensational late penalty save preserved the factors for Millwall of their 1-0 win over Rotherham.
A Jed Wallace thunderbolt had given the Lions the lead shortly after Millers’ captain Richard Wood was dismissed for knowledgeable foul.
But the guests didn’t throw within the towel, and have been nearly rewarded with a late penalty – solely to be thwarted by Bialkowski’s late heroics.
His late penalty save additionally sealed his sixteenth clear sheet of the season – the identical determine he and the Lions amassed in the entire of the 19/20 marketing campaign.
“Fortunate or indebted to your goalkeeper for making an awesome save?” mirrored Rowett after the sport.
“I felt the sport ought to have been out of the best way by that time. We had some superb alternatives, their keeper’s made some superb saves.
“A few occasions Scotty [Malone] places Jed [Wallace] in – if he has a greater contact then it’s an awesome alternative.
“Mason [Bennett] has one when Jed makes a run however he performs it too early when he may have opened the house up. Danny Mac forces a save from the keeper, Connor [Mahoney] comes on and finds half a yard however then couldn’t fairly end.
“Jed’s end to be 1-0 up was a stunning purpose and worthy of profitable any recreation. But Rotherham don’t quit they usually maintain attempting to do the suitable issues.
“With 10 males I felt we may have made it quite a bit simpler for ourselves, however a mix of slightly little bit of sloppy, poor passing and Rotherham’s desperation to maintain doing the suitable issues pressured the penalty.
“At first I assumed it was [Alex] Pearcey they’d adjudged to have fouled the participant and I wasn’t fairly positive what on earth they’d given it for. But after I watched it again I believe it was Murray [Wallace] and it in all probability appeared like a penalty. It was an awesome save from Bart and it will get us the factors.
“I assumed it [Wood’s dismissal] was a purple card. I’m not one for desperately attempting to get gamers despatched off. But it was good play from Jed and Mason after which Jed makes an awesome run. When Mason manages to seek out an awesome reverse-pass again to him then Jed’s in. The participant bringing him down [meant] there wasn’t every other determination in my view the referee may have made.”
Rotherham’s late penalty enchantment was the most recent in a variety of shouts for a spot-kick all through the sport.
Rowett admitted a first-half tussle between Shaun Hutchinson and Freddie Ladapo did seem like a penalty on the time – though on reflection the officers acquired the decision proper.
The Lions boss added: “When I first noticed it I assumed possibly we’re a bit lucky to get away with it. But watching it again, I don’t actually assume there’s sufficient to be a penalty. The precise penalty was in all probability quite a bit clearer.
“We had a worse situation at Blackburn once we had 4 penalty appeals turned down and you then watch them again you see all 4 have been precise penalties.
“It was a giant save from Bart and disappointing for Rotherham.”
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