Millwall showed mental resilience - Neil

Millwall boss Alex Neil says his side's injury-time winner at Derby just minutes after missing a penalty was all down to their tough mental resilience.

Since losing his first game in charge, on New Year's Day, Millwall have lost just twice in 12 games - and this latest victory moved them four places up to 10th, still within only six points of a play-off place.

"The discussion point before the game was 'Don't let this season drift'," Neil told BBC Radio London.

"We always knew it was going to be tough. It was John Eustace's first home game and, given where Derby are in the league, we knew we had to go about our work.

"But we're at that stage where you look at the fixtures and think 'That's a big one' and we don't want to be any different. The last thing we want is for people looking at our games thinking 'That's a dead rubber'."

In the end, the points came after Josh Coburn had his spot-kick saved by Jacob Widell Zetterstrom but then netted in the fifth minute of added time, scoring from the rebound after Zetterstrom had saved from George Saville.

Neil said: "The ball landed to Josh, he tucked it away and it's a good moment for him. But it was no more than we deserved. We were the team pushing to try and get the goal.

"It shows the resilience of the group. The moment's gone, but it's a case of 'Don't feel sorry for yourself', get on with it.

"We want to be in contention and make sure there's something for us to fight for and the only way to do that is to win more points."