Millwall defender has corner kick warning after Norwich profited from a different approach

Charlie Cresswell says Millwall must be more switched on to opponents mixing it up from corner kicks after two of the goals they conceded in last weekend’s 3-2 defeat to Norwich City.

The Canaries opted against putting high balls into the box with the likes of Jake Cooper, Charlie Cresswell, Murray Wallace and Zian Flemming so strong in the air.

Jacob Sorensen scored from a low ball to the edge of the box and a shorter delivery allowed Onel Hernandez to beat George Honeyman inside the area, his low cross clipping off Tom Bradshaw and into the net.

Cresswell told the South London Press: “It’s easy to say we switched off, but it was well-worked from them. We didn’t really expect it. In the future we have got to be more switched on to those sort of corners.

“In the future we’ve got to look at that and be more switched on about what other teams might do. It was interesting, I was speaking to one of their players on Saturday and they sacked their set-piece coach during the week and then they went and scored two set-pieces against us! That’s typical, isn’t it?

“Looking back at the game, I don’t think they deserved to win it but they just scored the goals at the right time. If we don’t concede those goals then obviously we go on and win it.

“We had a couple of chances in the first half and if we’d have slotted them home it would’ve been a different game.”

Cresswell, on a season-long loan from Leeds United, has picked Millwall’s win at QPR as his most memorable match.

“I loved that one,” he said. “I like that ground. With the Millwall fans selling out their section, that game was brilliant.

“A lot of the lads were talking about the season before, because Jed Wallace scored and ran to the other end. We talked about doing that but I think the gaffer got annoyed that our legs would be too tired.”