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Millwall shock Everton as Silva declares: Big frustration

Murray Wallace was Millwall's hero has he proved Millwall's matchwinner for their FA Cup shock over Everton.

They twice had to come from behind against their Premier League opponents before snatching the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Richarlison shot Everton into the lead from 25 yards two minutes before the break. Millwall striker Lee Gregory levelled in stoppage time, however.

Cenk Tosun came off the bench to restore Everton's advantage with a precise strike across goalkeeper Jordan Archer on 72 minutes. But Millwall equalised three minutes later when centre-back Jake Cooper appeared to score with his hand.

And Wallace won it for Neil Harris' side with virtually the last kick of the game, the defender converting after Shaun Williams' free-kick into the box was kept alive at the back post.

Everton boss Marco Silva said, “[It is a] big frustration, a disappointing afternoon for us as a club.

“We were favourites before the match and I told you we needed to prove it on the pitch.

“We knew it would be difficult, it is always difficult here, a good crowd. We started the game like we prepared, every time we took on the pitch what we prepared, we created a chance. We scored twice.

“But in the general game, we had to be more mature on the pitch, more clever in some moments. You cannot concede free-kicks in the middle of the pitch.

“You have to be mature and take responsibility and be focused and do your job.

“You can spend 20 hours working on the same thing [to prepare] but if you are not mature everything is really difficult."

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