Gary Rowett would have liked more goals to boost Millwall’s slim play-off hopes

Gary Rowett conceded Millwall’s chances of reaching the Championship play-offs appear remote after they failed to drastically improve their goal difference, despite a 3-0 win against Peterborough.

The Lions are three points behind sixth-placed Sheffield United but their goal difference is five worse than the Blades’, meaning they need a dramatic turnaround on the final day to make the play-offs.

Rowett was pleased with how his team put relegated Peterborough to bed, with Benik Afobe and George Saville scoring either side of a Josh Knight own goal.

But he was left to rue their failure to score more and keep themselves in with a realistic chance.

“Other than adding a few more goals to it, I think the second-half performance was really good at times – it was quite scintillating, with lots of chances. And, to be honest with you, we should have probably scored more goals,” he said.

“We had some good opportunities and we missed some chances. There were some great balls across the box which were flashing through and needed someone to get on the end of it.

“The first half was how I felt the game would be. I thought for about 25, 30 minutes we looked pretty much in control and played quite well to get into the final third, but just couldn’t quite find that moment.

“Benik (Afobe) got put in first but couldn’t find that touch to get away, and Bradders (Tom Bradshaw) gets in a good position but couldn’t find the touch around the keeper. Maybe the last 15 Peterborough just kept the ball a little bit to frustrate everybody, but the second half was different.

“We changed formation and it allowed us to press a little bit higher and be more aggressive and on the front foot. I thought the half was more or less all of ours and it was just