Millwall 0-2 Sheffield United: Clinical Blades go through to the fourth round
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Sheff Utd into fourth round after win at Millwall
Sheffield United reached the fourth round of the FA Cup after winning their all-Championship tie at Millwall.
First-half goals from Daniel Jebbison and Jayden Bogle sealed a comfortable 2-0 win for the Blades.
A pair of quick passes picked-out Jebbison on the edge of the box, and he dribbled towards goal and slotted home to open the scoring in the 23rd minute.
Bogle doubled the visitors' lead when his deflected shot looped over Lions goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski.
The home side were unable to find a way back into the tie despite putting their opponents under intense pressure in the second half.
Whilst Millwall were unable to get a foothold in the game's opening 45 minutes, they managed to get a head of steam in the second half and had chances to claw their way back into the match.
Midfielder Zian Flemming fired just wide before defender Danny McNamara fizzed a low cross into the box to call Sheffield United goalkeeper Adam Davies properly into action for the first time.
For a time it looked like striker Andreas Voglsammer was primed to find the back of the net at any moment.
The German had spells when he found himself in space and one pass away from a clear shot on goal but when the ball landed for him he swiped it just wide of the mark.
Blades substitute Billy Sharp came close to putting the game well out of reach but his shot was cleared off the line late on.
It was a dominant performance from Paul Heckingbottom's Sheffield United side who looked fresh and energised throughout.
Millwall manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio London:
"A disappointing outcome.
"It was a game we wanted to try to win and I didn't make loads of changes in order to be fairly strong.
"I think they [Sheffield United] were a little fortunate with the second goal but we gave two away poorly.
"We had some moments to score goals towards the end but we couldn't quite get going today - a lack of spark."
Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"We were good with and without the ball from the first minute to the last.
"When you limit a good team like Millwall to one shot on target you know you're doing something right.
"We should have had more with the chances we had.
"Not only did we not concede but we had efforts on goal which tells the whole story really - we were strong and brave going forward."