Takeaways from Millwall’s 3-0 loss to Middlesbrough – and why it is too early to judge Alex Neil’s side.

Champion football is a game of inches. If Casper De Norre’s volley had sailed further to the left, away from Luke Ayling’s outstretched leg, or Josh Coburn’s header had bounced off the second post and in, as we all thought, the narratives surrounding Millwall’s 3-0 loss to Middlesbrough on Saturday would have been very different.

Instead, the Lions failed to score the opener or equaliser after Hayden Hackney’s 49th-minute strike, and they failed to create another clear-cut chance in the final 30 minutes before Boro sealed the game with two late goals, aided by some poor Millwall box defending

.A 1-0 loss looks much better than a 3-0 loss, and it would have been a more accurate reflection of the game – but, as Neil stated to the media after the match, he would…

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