Joe Edwards admitted Millwall are in the Championship relegation battle after a 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at The Den.
The Owls were two goals ahead at half-time after a delightful display from Dutch winger Anthony Musaba, who set up Canada international Ike Ugbo before finding the back of the net himself with a composed finish past Matija Sarkic.
The hosts were on the front foot for much of the second half, with Wednesday replacement Ashley Fletcher seeing red for two bookable offences.
However, Edwards’ side are now just one point above the relegation zone in 21st following their fourth consecutive defeat and eighth match without a win.
He said: “Southampton will be a tough game and not to declare an official relegation fight, but we are clearly down that part of the league.
“We are creeping towards that part of the season where it is important we get points on the board.
“Having been there and lived it before, there is no point really getting drawn into playing the fixtures predictions game.
“You never know, we will go to Southampton with absolute belief.
“And who knows, a game like today – which is a should-win in many people’s eyes – maybe the pressure got to us a bit and it ends up being a difficult day, but that could be the turning point.
“That is what football is about, we are not going there to roll over and wait for the next game, we have to go there and find some belief through what is a really really tough period.
“The only way is back in on Monday, stick together, stand up and go and face what is a really tough challenge on Saturday and beyond.”
The result was a huge boost to Wednesday’s survival hopes.
They remain in 23rd but are now just four points away from safety with 13 games to go this season, and manager Danny Rohl was delighted with a win on the road.
He said: “It was a difficult one, we know that coming here is not easy. When I looked at the game against Ipswich, the first 15 minutes I thought Millwall were very strong.
“I think that was the key today, we spoke about making the difference between home and away, I think at home we have had a lot of good performances and good results.
“It was a clear message today, make the difference in every duel and win the second ball.
“I think the two goals we scored were exactly what we wanted, to find the two number 10s and then speed up the game.
“It was great – I would describe today as adult football, if you know what I mean?
“The last few weeks we have spoken about performance away. Today was about taking results, we did well as a team and showed as a team what we have to do in our situation.”
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