Walsall 2 Millwall 2

The single point that Millwall rescued today - deep into the dark crevices of injury time - is enough to keep them in sixth, just ahead of stuttering Huddersfield. Lee Clark's promotion-chasing Terriers became Gillingham's lapdogs on Saturday, falling to a 2-0 defeat and seeing out the match with ten men.

Compared to that, a draw against Walsall looks a little rosier. But Millwall would have been confident of getting a draw against a side that was battered 5-1 by Southampton a week ago.

A gruesome opening half hour put paid to that. After 12 minutes a Millwall attack broke down on the edge of the area, and Walsall's Troy Deeney uncompromisingly booted the ball out of defence. When it eventually came down, it landed neatly for Alex Nicholls to make a clear run at goal. With only a sprinkling of defensive attention from the team in blue, he was able to slot the ball beyond the keeper for the opener.

This would have been a good time for Millwall to congeal their back four into an impenetrable scab, calm their nerves and then start picking at Walsall's goal for an equaliser. Instead, they let the home side draw even more blood on 26 minutes. After a jolly game of penalty box pinball, the ball fell to Richard Taundry in a promising but not welcoming position.

Whack.

David Forde is pawing at air like a cat with a dangling toy. Walsall are wheeling away in celebration. And the ball is recovering in the back of the net after taking a dramatic and speedy commute into the top right corner.

It's a long trip back from Walsall on days like these, sitting in the away end watching your team flounder and eventually fall. But, hey, it turns out that the home side are a sympathetic lot. They liked the euphoria of celebrating goals so much that they decided to share the experience with the other side.

A couple of minutes after establishing a two-goal cushion, Jamie Vincent played a back pass to Rene Gilmartin, which the keeper totally failed to deal with. In stepped Steve Morison to push the ball beyond the pair of them, before sliding it into the empty net. He grabbed the ball and jogged it back to the centre circle, knowing that the Lions still had a little more to atone for.

The task became a little easier just after the hour, when Matthew Richards bundled over Chris Hackett and found himself in the book for the second time. However, even with ten men, Walsall continued to hold onto their advantage.

With three minutes of injury time played, Millwall might well have needed a snowplough to get through the Walsall backline. Instead, they used a belter of a drive from Alan Dunne. The defender met a dropping ball at the edge of the area with a stinging left footer, driving the ball through the bus stop crowd mulling around the penalty area.

Dunne's great finish ticked Millwall's points total up a single notch. They might not have taken a point at kick-off, but it could be a critical one when the totals are added up in May.

Walsall: Gilmartin, Weston (Westlake 46), Taundry, Vincent, McDonald, O'Keefe, Richards, Gray, Jones (Hughes 77), Deeney, Nicholls (Byfield 88)

Subs not used: Ince, Sansara, Bradley, Grigg

Millwall: Forde, Dunne, Robinson, Craig, Ward (Barron 68), Schofield, Hackett, Abdou (Obika 78), Trotter, Harris (Batt 49), Morison

Subs not used: Sullivan, Frampton, Smith, Laird

Attendance: 3,835