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NEIL Harris felt his team responded perfectly to what he saw as unfair criticism after the 2-1 defeat at Bolton Wanderers last weekend.
Millwall looked different on Wednesday, with four changes over the Bolton team, while he definitely beat Birmingham City 2-0 to end a four-game losing streak in the championship.
Ben Thompson completes a brilliant counterattack when he shoots in the center of Lee Gregory's center in the 13thth minute.
Thompson scored his second goal when he entered the left side, after Gregory's brilliant touch, and produced a compound finish in front of Lee Camp. It was the first time Thompson scored two goals in a senior professional match.
Millwall was comfortable after the break and limited Birmingham on difficult occasions. Goalkeeper David Martin kept his second clean sheet in his second league start for the club.
In his post-match press conference, it was reported to Harris that he seemed much happier after his victory at St Andrew than after the defeat of Bolton.
He replied: "I am because very unfair articles were written on weekends by different people, criticizing me and my players. Some were very unfair and it hurt us. It hurt, it hurt my players and we wanted to react tonight.
"You saw that in the players. You saw the spirit in my group. It is difficult to win games at the championship level, we had a difficult time.
"Tonight, I chose a team that could compete with Birmingham and cause it to counter-attack. I thought the guys were great. Ben Thompson will have the applause, of course he will do it for goals, but I think he'll be the first to admit that the team itself was excellent. "
Harris was asked if they were specifically working on something after the weekend defeat.
"Not a lot to be honest, because of the short turnaround time," Harris said. "Sometimes, it's better if you let the players hear.
"We worked on a game plan yesterday at the training and today at the hotel. The players followed him. Sometimes you have to make courageous decisions to change people and shape, and I've found the players great. "
Ryan Leonard anchored the midfielder while Ryan Tunnicliffe and Ben Marshall recalled.
After the final whistle, Harris, his players and his team formed a group of people on the field before applauding the visiting fans.
"It was to show our solidarity, an opportunity to say congratulations to the players," said Harris. "These are the standards we have set and we must keep them until the end of the season.
"It was to show everyone, guys [the media] and the fans who have not made sure that you can criticize us as much as you want, but we are a strong group and we do our best for the club.
"By the end of the day, it's all I can ask my players."
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