Millwall 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 match report: Injury-time goal sees Yorkshire side ambush FA Cup semi-finalists
Chris Maguire scored the late winner
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Your support makes all the difference.Millwall will arrive at Wembley on Saturday to compete for a place in the FA Cup final casting anxious glances over their shoulders at the prospect of being dragged into a fight to hold onto their place in the Championship when they return to the day job.
A goal in injury-time by Chris Maguire, an emphatic volley from Danny Pugh's corner, lifted Sheffield Wednesday above their hosts and left Millwall ruing an inability to turn a dominant second-half performance into a result that would have sent across the capital with a spring in their step.
For Wednesday it is a healthy step towards safety and they will take great satisfaction from recovering from conceding a sloppy opening goal in the game's first flickerings – Jimmy Abdou's first in four years – and then holding out through a one-sided second half before Maguire's late smash and grab.
"We haven't got enough points where we are," said Kenny Jackett, Millwall's manager. "There was a win there for us. I am frustrated – we threw the points away."
Jackett rued his side's failure to take a string of second-half opportunities; Jermaine Easter missed two presentable chances, Sean St Ledger had an overhead kick well saved by Chris Kirkland, who also turned away Chris Taylor's shot.
Millwall Forde; Dunne, Shittu, Beevers, Lowry, Chris Taylor, Abdou, St Ledger, Saville (Henry, 56), Easter (Keogh, 78), Hulse (Batt, 56). Substitutes not used Maik Taylor (gk) , Woolford, Jack Smith, Adam Smith.
Sheffield Wednesday Kirkland; Buxton, Gardner, Llera, Pugh, Lee, Olofinjana, Prutton, Helan (Maguire, 80), Lita (J Johnson, 62), Howard. Substitutes not used Bywater (gk), Martin Taylor, Semedo, Mattock, McCabe.
Referee P Gibbs (West Midlands).
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