Millwall 1-4 Bournemouth: Cherries coast to seventh consecutive league win

The last time Bournemouth dropped points was in their defeat to Barnsley on 13 March

Bournemouth comfortably beat Millwall to register their seventh consecutive Championship win to move up to third in the table.

The visitors stormed ahead in a convincing first half, as Philip Billing fired in following good work from Dominic Solanke.

Arnaut Danjuma sent them 2-0 up before David Brooks gave them a three-goal lead at the break when he cut inside to turn in past Lions keeper Bartosz Bialkowski.

Jed Wallace pulled a goal back soon after the break, but Solanke got off the mark when he slotted home after a neat one-two with Billing.

The result lifted the Cherries two places in the table as they maintained their fine late season form to all but confirm their position in this season's Championship play-offs.

Their remarkable run now means they have not dropped points in the league since their defeat by Barnsley on 13 March.

Meanwhile, Millwall drop to 11th in the table and have now gone three games without a win in the league.

It was a fine performance for Solanke and Billing, with the latter scoring his fifth goal in seven league games for the Cherries, as the pair linked up for the visitors' fourth.

Millwall boss Gary Rowett:

"We got handed a lesson tonight, which hasn't happened many times this season. We got a little glimpse of what that next level looks like and it's something for us to work towards.

"I'm disappointed, simply because it's a game where you have to match a team like Bournemouth physically and you have to get close enough to them.

"We couldn't cope with them and quite frankly it looked like the game didn't mean as much to us as it did to Bournemouth."

Bournemouth boss Jonathan Woodgate:

"I'm really happy - it was a good performance, especially without the ball.

"We did play some exceptional football but let's not get over-confident because there is still a long way to go, and you know what football is like. We need to stick to what we're doing and the game plan.

"We know coming away to Millwall is a difficult place to come and it was a really professional performance."