Chris Wilder was pleased with the way in which his Sheffield United players handled the blood and thunder of Millwall in their 1-1 draw.
The Den is renowned as a tough place to go and the Blades faced a Lions side with their sights set on promotion to the Premier League.
Andre Brooks gave Wilder’s men the lead after 17 minutes, but they were not ahead for long.
Mihailo Ivanovic levelled proceedings two minutes later and although the rest of the afternoon was entertaining, it did not produce any more goals.
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Chris Wilder's Sheffield United shared the spoils with Millwall. | Steven Paston/PA Wire
Chris Wilder’s analysis
Wilder said: “I said to them before the game, I always think it’s a sign of a good player in the Championship from a mentality point of view if they play well here and if the team plays well here.
“I believe we were coming to arguably the hardest away fixture that we could have at this particular moment with the form that they’re in and full house and them flying and winning 4-0 in the last game [against Charlton] and their team in the position that they are and the quality that they’ve got and how they work for each other.
“I said before I knew what was coming, they mixed the game up, but we went toe-to-toe with them.
“I think there will always be home supporters that won’t be happy about the result, but I think, taking the result out of it, was a top game with two good sides going toe-to-toe.”
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Millwall drew level just two minutes after Sheffield United's opener. | Steven Paston/PA Wire
Alex Neil weighs in
Lions boss Alex Neil, meanwhile, said: “It was exactly the type of game I thought it would be.
“I knew it was going to be competitive, I knew it was going to be two teams really going at it and both trying to score. It was always going to be a case of who could hurt who most.
“I think my frustration at the start of the game was I thought we had the best chance, we didn’t take it, then they go up the other end [and score].
“I thought their goal was a good bit of quality for them but disappointing from our point of view, in terms of defending.
“Throughout the game, I thought our right-hand side caused them problems defensively and I thought their right-hand side caused us problems defensively.
“I didn’t think there was loads in the game in the second half for either team, the game sort of ebbed and flowed a little bit.”