Southampton leave it late

Southampton boosted their Championship promotion challenge with a dramatic 3-2 victory at Millwall, while Reading cemented their hold on second place after thrashing Barnsley 4-0 yesterday. Nigel Adkins’s leaders were just five minutes away from defeat...

Southampton boosted their Championship promotion challenge with a dramatic 3-2 victory at Millwall, while Reading cemented their hold on second place after thrashing Barnsley 4-0 yesterday.

Nigel Adkins’s leaders were just five minutes away from defeat at The Den after Millwall recovered from Rickie Lambert’s 16th-minute opener to take the lead before half-time through a Jose Fonte own goal and a fine strike from captain Paul Robinson.

But leading scorer Lambert came to the rescue once again as he equalised with an 85th-minute penalty after winning the spot-kick himself.

Lambert then snatched the points with another penalty three minutes later after referee Fred Graham ruled that Alan Dunne had handled.

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