They ended up grateful to their own goalkeeper, Sam Johnstone, for preserving a point in the face of an impressive performance by the visitors. “If you ever wanted to know how difficult the Championship is, you only have to look at Millwall. Even after the introduction of Jack Grealish, Millwall were the first to bother the opposing goalkeeper, a rasping long-range shot by O’Brien drawing another save from Johnstone. Villa exerted more pressure in the final 20 minutes but Millwall absorbed it comfortably and came close to scoring when Morison released Gregory. Soon Millwall were banging on Villa’s door again, Johnstone having to shoo them away twice more.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2017 18:02 UTC