Millwall boss Neil Harris insists the 1-1 draw with Crewe Alexandra at the Den this afternoon could be an important point come the end of the season.

The hosts dominated for the majority of the match but fell behind to Brad Inman’s second-half penalty.

Lee Gregory slotted home a penalty of his own minutes later, but the forward missed from the spot with five minutes remaining as Millwall failed to defeat relegation-strugglers Crewe.

Harris said: “We are frustrated not to have earned all three points. Expectation was high today and we did enough to win.

“The expectation from some is to roll them over but it does not go like that sometimes.

“I’m most disappointed about it being 0-0 at half-time - we should have been ahead, with the quality we have and some of the chances.

“Having said that, it could be a good point gained come the end of the season and there was no lack of effort or passion from the boys today.”

Millwall started brightly with Aiden O’Brien testing Ben Garratt after a superb through ball from Shaun Williams.

The best chance of the half fell to Jed Wallace - the Wolves man look destined to provide the hosts with a lead but could only poke over from Gregory’s inviting cross.

Steve Morison broke through on the stroke of half-time only to waste the opportunity by firing straight at Garratt.

Despite showing little potency in the final third Crewe took the lead when Jordan Archer brought down George Cooper and Inman fired home.

Minutes later Millwall were level, however, as Garratt was adjudged to have felled Byron Webster from a corner - allowing Gregory to score his 14th goal of the season.

Strong pressure from Harris’s side paid dividends as referee Chris Kavanagh awarded another home penalty.

However, Gregory’s shot struck the post, allowing Crewe to make the journey home with a point.

On Millwall’s controversial penalty decisions, Harris said: “The first one certainly looked like a push in the back, not sure about the second one.

“You get a penalty with minutes to go and you fancy yourself to score and come from behind again.

“The reaction to get back in the game was good, it’s just a shame for him [Gregory] that the second one didn’t go in.

“He loves scoring goals and he feels he’s let the team down, but that’s certainly not the case.”

Harris fielded the same team for the third consecutive match and failed to use any of his substitutes, despite several players looking weary as the game drew to a close.

“The players on the pitch have been successful of late and a real threat,” Harris added.

“There has been some impressive performances lately, I felt we had another goal in us.

“Sometimes it’s a gut feeling.”

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