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Millwall hit back to draw with Lincoln
Kyrell Lisbie and (right) and Luke Cundle celebrate the former's goal
Image caption, Kyrell Lisbie (right) got Millwall back in the game with his first goal for the club
Ian Woodcock

BBC Sport England

Millwall fought back from two goals down to draw with Lincoln City in an action-packed encounter.

The visitors, who had played for over an hour with nine men in Wednesday's 6-0 defeat by West Ham, took the lead after 25 seconds through Andrei Coubis' fine low strike from 18 yards and Rob Street doubled their advantage when his shot went through the legs of goalkeeper Filip Marschall.

Freddie Draper's header hit the post and Dom Jefferies placed his shot against the same upright on the rebound as the Imps missed great chances to make it 3-0 after the break before Kyrell Lisbie scored on the rebound after his initial attempt was blocked.

Jake Cooper scrambled a leveller when Lincoln failed to clear a corner and the visitors ended the game with 10 men when Ayodeji Elerewe was sent off for a professional foul on Zak Lovelace.

The Lions, who would have climbed back into the top eight with a win, could not force any late drama as the away side held out through four minutes of time added on.

The point ends Lincoln's run of three straight defeats but they will be ruing the chances they missed which would have put the game to bed.

Honours even after controversial decisions

Unsurprisingly given the nature of the defeat and the tight turnaround, Lincoln made six changes from the side that began Wednesday's thumping loss.

They made the perfect start when Romania international Coubis struck a crisp shot from the right-hand edge of the area into the far corner to give them a first goal since 19 September.

Their second goal had more than a hint of fortune about it though as Reeco Hackett handled the ball as he looked to bring it down before crossing it in. That said, the hosts had chances to clear before Sonny Bradley teed up Street to score his first league goal of the campaign.

Millwall made changes at the break including taking off goalkeeper Marschall - who had clattered into a post prior to Lincoln's second - for Max Crocombe.

They game should have been out of sight soon after the restart but Draper's header thudded back off the post and Jefferies somehow shot against the upright with the goal at his mercy.

Lisbie pulled one back with his first for the club, but moments later Lincoln again missed a great opportunity for their third when Hackett could not convert on the rebound after Draper's strike was saved.

Cooper bundled in an equaliser shortly after George Wickens had made a fine stop to keep Lisbie out and Elerewe was then perhaps unfortunate to be shown red by Ruebyn Ricardo for blocking off the run of Lovelace as he looked to chase on to a Romain Esse through ball.

Millwall visit Portsmouth next Saturday (12:30 BST) while Lincoln welcome struggling Burnley (15:00 BST) later that same afternoon.

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