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Championship wrap: Leaders Burnley held by Millwall

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Tom Bradshaw's late equaliser rescued Millwall a point in a 1-1 home draw against Sky Bet Championship leaders Burnley.Bradshaw, who struck a hat-trick in Millwall's win against Burnley's title rivals Sheffield United on Saturday, fired an 85th-minute equaliser after Ashley Barnes had given the visitors a second-half lead.The Clarets are now unbeaten in their last 13 league matches and extended their lead at the top of the table to 12 points.Millwall climbed one place up to fifth, above Luton and Watford on goal difference, to maintain their play-off challenge.Blackburn boosted their play-off hopes by making it back-to-back wins after beating Mick McCarthy's Blackpool 1-0 at Ewood Park.Tyrhys Dolan scored the only goal to lift Rovers up to fourth as they stretched their unbeaten league run to six matches.Sunderland's play-off hopes were dealt a blow as they slipped to their first defeat in four, losing 2-1 at Rotherham.Oliver Rathbone gave the Millers a half-time lead and Shane Ferguson added a second before on-loan Leeds striker Joe Gelhardt scored his first goal for the Black Cats.Marcelino Nunez's first-half double set Norwich on their way to a 3-1 home win against Birmingham.Maxime Colin pulled one back for Blues early in the second half before Christos Tzolis struck the Canaries' third in stoppage time.Swansea slipped to a fourth defeat in five matches, losing 3-1 at home to Stoke.Morgan Whittaker gave Swansea an early lead before Josh Laurent struck twice to give Stoke an interval advantage.

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