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Championship: Swansea’s late brace of own goals hand Millwall draw

Aug 17, 2022

Millwall benefited from two remarkable own goals in stoppage time as they snatched a 2-2 draw at Swansea to go fourth in the Championship. The hosts looked to be heading for a routine victory following Ryan Manning’s first goal for the club and a strike from Michael Obafemi inside the opening 12 minutes.

However, in a frantic finale Swans defenders Ben Cabango and Nathan Wood both put through their own net to gift the Lions a point.

Norwich climbed off the bottom after holding on to beat 10-man Huddersfield 2-1 and claim their first win since suffering relegation from the Premier League. Early goals from Josh Sargent and Daniel Sinani put Dean Smith’s Canaries in control at Carrow Road. After Terriers defender Tom Lees was sent off for a professional foul, Pat Jones set up a nervy finale by halving the deficit nine minutes from time.

Bristol City also picked up a first victory of the season by defeating Luton 2-0 at Ashton Gate. First-half goals from Nahki Wells and Tommy Conway did the damage for the Robins and they held on, despite Mark Sykes’ 67th-minute red card for a tackle on Luke Freeman.

Watford extended their unbeaten start under manager Rob Edwards by coming from behind to secure a 1-1 draw at Birmingham. The Hornets dominated at St Andrew’s but were made to pay for their wastefulness as they were unable to force a winner after Ken Sema cancelled out a first senior goal from Blues’ England Under-18 midfielder George Hall.

Unbeaten Hull remain second after holding Burnley to a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor. Jay Rodriguez’s first-half equaliser earned a point for Vincent Kompany’s Clarets following Ozan Tufan’s 25th-minute opener.

Josh Bowler scored against against his former club to give Blackpool a 1-0 success away to QPR, while Rotherham remain unbeaten following promotion after holding Preston to a goalless draw at Deepdale.

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