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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: The Den
  • Attendance: 6750
  • Referee: Shoebridge, R

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

86mins

Kevin Austin goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

83mins

Thomas Butler is being taken off, Andrea Orlandi has come on in his place.

78mins

Goal!! Paul Anderson scores for Swansea.

70mins

Alan Dunne takes a penalty for Millwall and scores!.

67mins

Leon Britton is being taken off, Darryl Duffy has come on in his place.

58mins

Goal!! Zak Whitbread scores for Millwall.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by R Shoebridge

33mins

Andy Robinson is being taken off, Kristian O'Leary has come on in his place.

33mins

Richard Shaw is being taken off, Zak Whitbread has come on in his place.

18mins

Goal!! Jason Scotland scores for Swansea.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Paul Anderson's late equaliser rescued a deserved point for Swansea as they stretched their unbeaten run to nine games despite a dynamic second-half performance by Millwall.

Jason Scotland capitalised on a slow start by the home side to send Swansea in a goal to the good at half-time.

But Millwall hit back through Zak Whitbread and Alan Dunne, who converted from the spot, before Anderson rescued a share of the spoils for Roberto Martinez's visitors.

The build-up to the game was dominated by news of the appointment of Kenny Jackett, the Manchester City reserve-team boss, as Millwall manager following the sacking of Willie Donachie a month ago.

Jackett, who relinquished his post as Swansea boss by mutual consent in February, was not scheduled to take over until the day after the match and did not attend.

Had he done so, he would have seen an injury-ravaged Millwall side overcome a disjointed first-half performance despite being deprived by injury of a host of first-team regulars including Dave Brammer, Danny Senda, Neil Harris and Ryan Smith.

Millwall enjoyed plenty of possession throughout, but frequently struggled to cope with Swansea's swift and intelligent counter-attacking.

Their best chance of the first half came when Ali Fuseini forced a save of superb athleticism from Dorus de Vries, the Swansea goalkeeper recently nominated for the League One player-of-the-month award.

By then, however, the visitors had snatched the lead courtesy of a swift counter-attacking raid led by the lively Anderson.

With 18 minutes gone, Anderson raced clear of his marker to unleash a stinging shot that Lenny Pidgeley could only parry into the path of Scotland, who rifled the ball home for his eighth goal of the season.

However, Millwall struck back swiftly after the interval with substitute Whitbread heading home Jamie O'Hara's 58th minute corner to lift the Lions' spirits, before Dennis Lawrence handled an Alexander cross to concede a 69th minute penalty which was expertly converted by Dunne.

For a time it looked as though Millwall might snatch all three points, but 12 minutes from time they failed to clear a Scotland cross, sparking chaos in defence and enabling Anderson to fire Swansea level.

De Vries was forced to save with his feet from Fuseini's long-range piledriver in the closing minutes, while Alexander flashed a header wide in injury time.

Millwall Team

Swansea City Team

Millwall

Swansea City

Corners

73

Fouls

1811

Goal attempts

1214

Shots off target

46

Offsides

01

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