Millwall boss points to a number of reasons for his side not scoring for third Championship match in a row

Millwall manager Gary Rowett has explained why he is not overly concerned at them producing a third Championship game without a goal.

The Lions drew 0-0 with Hull City on Saturday. The visitors, who appointed Liam Rosenior as their new boss at the end of the week, played the entire second period down to 10 men after Oscar Estupinan’s straight red card for a high boot on Charlie Cresswell.

Rowett felt there were a number of reasons for Millwall blanking in SE16 this weekend.

“Having someone like Benik [Afobe] available in a game like today would’ve been a massive plus for us in those tight spaces,” said the Millwall boss.

“We’re all probably a little bit disappointed in the dressing room, but we’re sat there having won four games, drawn three and lost one in the last eight.

“It’s the Championship, you’ve got to find different ways to win games. Against West Brom here recently we found a different way to win the game in the last minute, more or less. Today we couldn’t find that.

“We’ve got to work harder and we’ve got to improve our ability to do that because there’s going to be other games this season where we need to break teams down.

“We’re frustrated but I don’t necessarily think that the three games without goals is a problem. We’re not one of the lowest-scoring teams in the division, it’s another clean sheet – which we should get – and you’re just hoping that one of those players just finds that little bit of extra quality.

“Hull are in 21st position, I think, and they’ve got someone like [Jean Michael] Seri, who no doubt will be on twice as much as any of our players. You’re playing against teams with good quality and we’ve got to work so, so hard to win those games of football. We’ll keep trying to do that.”