Swansea boss Russell Martin makes Millwall admission after 0-0 draw in South Wales

Swansea City manater Russell Martin acknowledged that Millwall looked the stronger team down the closing stretch in Wedmesday’s 0-0 draw in South Wales.

“I am disappointed we didn’t win,” said Martin. “I kind of knew what to expect tonight. I was worried we would not be able to maintain the energy and intensity the longer the game went on after the effort they put in on Saturday.

“We are still fighting to get them where we physically want them to be. We are getting there, definitely, but I felt the ball speed was a little slow in the build-up in the first half.

“But when we got there, I thought it was good, we created a brilliant chance for Jamie Paterson if the ball is a little bit softer to him, he has a tap-in.

“It didn’t come, but that is what we are waiting for. A moment like that where if we score it changes the context of the game.

“Millwall were really aggressive in how they set-up, but we dealt with it really well and we had a lot of control.

“We played through the press well and there was plenty of good stuff, but we didn’t score and when you don’t do that it gives a team a chance and something to hang on to.

“The longer it went on, the last 10 minutes we were really tired,  and they got a bit stronger, which shouldn’t be the way it happens when you’ve dominated the first half as we did.

“But they gained energy as it went on as they had a chance and it got a bit open, but that is down to fatigue, it’s not down to the structure of the team, and we have to accept that is where we are at.”