Charlton league game 'main focus' - Neil

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Millwall boss Alex Neil says Saturday's Championship game against Charlton is the "main priority" despite their EFL Cup meeting with Crystal Palace next week.

The Lions have won two and lost two of their opening four league fixtures, but have struggled in front of goal, scoring just three times.

Their last game before the international break was a 2-0 home defeat by Wrexham.

"(I'm) A little bit frustrated with the last game, but we've had plenty of time to go over it and put it to bed, we've got a lot of other important games to focus on, no more so than the next two, two sort of local derbies with Charlton and Crystal Palace," Neil told BBC Radio London.

"To be fair to this point, our only focus has been Charlton, we've not even thought on or discussed Palace at the moment because Charlton is our main priority."

Millwall have a good record against Charlton having not lost to them in almost 30 years.

"I'm looking forward to the game, it should be a sell out, a good atmosphere, we know we need to go and try and get all three points on the board," Neil added.

"I'm always a little bit nervous when we have a great record against teams because you don't want to be the guy that doesn't win that next game, but for us, we're confident going into the match.

"I think it's well documented that we're not at full strength, but it doesn't mean we can't go there and get a result."

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