Millwall 4-1 Bristol City: Lions thrash sorry Bristol City
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Jed Wallace's first-half strike was his 11th goal in 46 appearances this season
Millwall coasted to victory over a lacklustre Bristol City side whose winless run stretched to nine games.
Jed Wallace put the Lions ahead after a swift counter-attack when he collected Jake Cooper's long diagonal pass and found the bottom corner with a fine strike across goal.
Tommy Conway's first senior goal from Henri Lansbury's pass made it 1-1, but Scott Malone's fine shot restored the home side's lead.
Billy Mitchell crashed in Millwall's third after an almighty melee for his first senior goal.
And Tom Bradshaw's neat one-on-one finish, after robbing Tomas Kalas, sealed a victory which was their first in five games and takes them above Luton Town and up to 11th place in the Championship.
The scoreline could have been ever more embarrassing for City boss Nigel Pearson, whose side have won just twice in 13 games since he arrived.
But Malone blazed an effort over from Wallace's backheel before Bradshaw wasted a good headed chance.
Millwall provided 'sprinkling of magic' - reaction
Millwall manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio London:
"I enjoyed the mentality of the players and the spirit in which they played the game, because it's never easy when it's the last home game of the season.
"We wanted to give our fans something to watch at home. It's been difficult not having them here all season and we've suffered a little bit at home because of that.
"We worked really hard. We added that little bit of extra sprinkling of magic on the top which has sometimes been missing this season."
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson told BBC Radio Bristol:
"It's another disappointing performance with too many unforced errors, too many players who look as though they are looking forward to the end of the season.
"That remains a huge disappointment because the task that lies ahead is going to be a very big one. I'm certainly going to recalibrate how it looks and what we need but that's what I'm here for.
"We certainly don't help ourselves. I think some of the key parts of the game we just let drift by us without there being the care and the cohesive nature that we need, so it remains a tough situation to endure at the moment. The players are aware of my thoughts on it."