Gary Rowett was left frustrated by his side’s lack of quality after Millwall were held to a 1-1 draw by Wigan Athletic at The Den.
Zian Flemming’s volley cancelled out Will Keane’s opener as Kolo Toure earned a point in his first game as a manager.
“It’s a lovely move and a lovely goal, but I think the frustration was that it was the main bit of quality in the game, said Rowett.
“I think if you’re going to open a game like that up and you’re going to win a game like that, you need to show a bit more. But it’s a lovely move. It ended up out to Danny [McNamara], a lovely little clip into Bradders [Bradshaw], a nice chest. I think because he’s hit it early and clean, it’s not allowed the goalkeeper to move.
It was the ninth time that Flemming has found the net this season and the Lions boss was keen to praise the Dutchman.
“We spoke about it before, it’s the sort of quality that Zian has got, and the rest of the players have got as well. I think that was the frustration with the game today.
“Of course, playing against Wigan, it’s another new manager we’ve faced, they’re going to have a little bit of a lift and play at a level probably higher than they’ve been playing in the previous games. You have to accept that and you have to do a little bit more to win the game.
“We conceded a really poor goal, I think that’s the frustration. They have a shot. I think Longy [Long] dives, it deflects back to their lad, who prods it home. We don’t seem to get too many of those ourselves.
“Then we responded quite well after that. Benno [Bennett] started to take on the full-back and started to really cause him problems. It was a good ball in that Vogi [Voglsammer], we spoke about him getting in the box more, he really should score. It’s a good opportunity for him, it comes at him quick and we end up equalising.
“At that point you think ‘okay, let’s put our foot on the gas a little bit and start to attack a little more’. They had moments in the game where they kept the ball and kept us from building any momentum, but I felt that when we went and pressed them, we actually got the ball back. I think it was just down to quality today, we just didn’t really show the extra bit of quality to win the game.
“I’m stood here and I said to the players afterwards, ‘we got a point, that’s all we deserved really, it’s no disgrace but it’s all we deserved’.”
“We’ve got to do a little bit more than that to win at home like we have done so many times this season.”