Neil Harris fumes at 'bonkers' Millwall situation after Stoke City stalemate
Millwall boss Neil Harris was less than impressed with his side’s fixture scheduling branding their run of three games in six days as “bonkers”.
The 47-year-old watched as the Lions took a 1-0 lead at Stoke City only to be pegged back as Ben Gibson cancelled out Josh Coburn’s opener.
That came just three days after they beat Leeds United and less than a week after victory over Burnley by the same scoreline.
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Harris praised his players and said that, despite his side’s battling performance, they got away with a penalty decision that could have seen Stoke pick up all three points late on.
“It’s not just the point today, it is the seven points in the week,” said Harris. “That’s massive for us, and I’m sure Stoke, in their own right, will be delighted with their week as well, as it is very difficult in Championship.
“I’ve been very careful what to say before this game, because I didn’t want it to affect the football club and my players, but we finished last Sunday at 5:15pm against Burnley and this is our third game in this six days, it’s bonkers.
“We are put in these sort of situations, so just huge credit to my players for the battling performance and some really good chances were created.
“From where I was it really looked like it was a penalty [to Stoke]. A lot of managers would say ‘I didn’t see it’ or ‘I’m not sure, I would need to see it again’, but at the time I thought it was a penalty, so I think we may have got away with one there.”