NEIL Harris believes Danny McNamara will recover from the mistake which allowed Blackburn Rovers to grab a point at Ewood Park.
Michael Obafemi put Millwall ahead in the second half but just nine minutes later McNamara would give the ball away on the edge of his own box, allowing Sammie Szmodics to pounce.
The two goals were the only real clear-cut chances in a low-quality affair in Lancashire.
McNamara is enjoying a revival in game time and has started the last six matches, including the last three under Harris at left-back.
Asked about the 25-year-old defender after the game, the Lions boss said: “Dan will be fine. We don’t work with individual blame culture. Dan is disappointed.
“He’s a leader as a young man and he put his hand up and took responsibility. There were various moments leading up to the goal where we could have done better. We gave the ball away too cheaply tonight as a group and didn’t get punished so you know it’s going to happen at some stage.
“We as a group have to be better with the ball and not turn it over too easily but Danny’s a strong character, he’ll be fine.”
On the general performance, Harris admits Millwall could have been better in possession and he was asked if the performance was ‘Millwall-like’, as he has been demanding in pre-match interviews.
He said: “We were worthy of a point, I’m not sure we did enough to win the game. But when you get your noses in front in a really scrappy game at this stage of the season, then you need to see the game out. And to concede the goal in the manner that we did was really disappointing.
“John [Eustace, the Blackburn manager] will be the third manager to say to me ‘I didn’t like playing against your team tonight’, which is credit to us as a group. We have to be difficult and horrible to play against, hard to break down but we have to be slightly better with the ball.
“And ultimately we turned the ball over too cheaply tonight at times and that led to the goal. At this level, if you keep turning the ball over, you’re going to get punished. So it was Millwall-like in the sense of being difficult to play against, we made the game really scrappy. My players gave everything.”