Inconsistency infuriates Lions boss as they fail to take chance to close gap to Championship play-offs

BY ALEX GRACE

Gary Rowett slammed Millwall’s inconsistency as they missed a chance to close the gap on the Championship play-off places.

The Lions boss described his side’s performance as “tepid” as they let a 1-0 lead slip at Peterborough United.

In truth, Darren Ferguson’s side dominated proceedings after Millwall scored. Jonson Clarke-Harris scored twice in the second half to cancel out Tom Bradshaw’s opener.

“Away from home you have to weather some sort of a storm every now and again and you have to defend properly,” said Rowett.

“If you do that when you’re 1-0 up then the game opens up and it’s about your quality to go and get a second goal.

“The problem was we didn’t do that well enough all game. I don’t expect Clarke-Harris to run away from us in behind our back four to go and score. I then don’t expect him to have a free shot on the back post.

“We didn’t get any free chances anywhere on the pitch.

“I’m disappointed with our performance and disappointed with our inconsistency. That’s part of the challenge at the moment. We were in eighth place before the game. We had a fabulous opportunity to come here and show what we’re all about.

“What we’ve done is put another tepid performance in to stop us getting in those top parts of the league.”