Millwall

Millwall fought back from 2-0 down at half-time to snatch a draw with Lincoln in the Championship at lunchtime.

Lions head coach Alex Neil told BBC Radio London:

"It's as poor as we've been in the first half since I came here.

"We had no fighting spirit in the first half - we didn't do anything we normally do well.

"Two questions get asked by us at the break and we reacted better - it certainly wasn't a great performance but we scored two goals and didn't lose the game."

Lincoln City

Lincoln City missed out on a fourth away win of the season in the Championship as they let slip a 2-0 lead to draw with Millwall.

The Imps also had defender Deji Elerewe sent-off late one, their third red card in the past two games.

Head coach Chris Cohen spoke to BBC Radio Lincolnshire:

"I'm gutted for the fans who came all the way to South London - the performance was excellent.

"Our structure was excellent and the way the players implemented the gameplan at the end of a tough week physically but you can never be satisfied when you go 2-0 up and don't win the game.

"The way the boys defended with 10 men was exceptional."

Charlton Athletic

Charlton manager Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London:

"We've been a mile off. We probably had seven or eight who didn't come out with any real credit.

"We didn't pass the ball well, we didn't defend well, and had three clear-cut chances. It's always going to be important to take the first chance because of the predicament they [Watford] have been in.

"We had the best chances of the game in the first half, and then had another and didn't take them.

"Then we were really poor on transitional play. [The first goal] was a catastrophic goal from our point of view. Teams are not having to do a hell of a lot to score against us.

"We're not defending our box well enough, we're not doing the basics. We've broken the record at this club for clean sheets, and we're not looking like that now."

Watford

Watford head coach Alessio Dionisi told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"I'm very happy, because it wasn't easy today, and it wasn't easy this week.

"We believe in this team because we stay together and work together, but football is difficult when negative results arrive. Today the result is right.

"After 1-0, the mentality changed and we had a lot of positive situations."

On change to three at the back: "We needed to be aggressive in the middle. At the moment we have three midfielders ready [fit], so at the moment having another centre-back is best."

Cardiff City

Cardiff City head coach brian Barry-Murphy told BBC Sport Wales:

"With the scoreline as it was at half-time we are disappointed not to win, but the players gave absolutely everything for our supporters and in the end we just couldn't win.

"We had to survive at the end because the red card made it difficult. Against an opponent of this calibre in this stadium we knew it was going to be tough but the players put their bodies on the line and that's all we can ask.

"Our intention was to start in the same manner as against Watford and we looked dangerous.

"At half-time the intention was to step forward and push on again, but it wasn't possible; they came into the game and scored two brilliant goals themselves. It would be quite easy to feel sorry for ourselves, but we didn't and showed great resilience and toughness to get a great result."

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough head coach Kim hellberg told BBC Tees:

"It's difficult to process. If you look at both halves, I think we were quite good in both halves.

"The difference in the first half is they scored two good goals where we should defend better and we were a little bit sloppy and not clinical enough. In the first-half we had so many chances to create more.

"In the second half we got a little bit better, got goals with our chances and overall we had around 40 shots.

"We had to defend goals better - that's a main thing that makes me disappointed. It was individual errors from some players in terms of things they always do so well. I understand why, because it's been three tough games in a short amount of time.

"The balance was (to rest Lankshear). You try as a coach to find the right way of when to give opportunities. It's not always about resting for the legs, it could be for the head, or as a coach a responsibility to create depth. We have enough players to do that."

While we're waiting to hear what the bosses have to say following the 15:00 BST kick-offs, let's get a bit of reaction from the 12:30 games...

Jamal Fyfield
EFL defender on BBC Radio London

West Ham came through a really tough test.

It was an impressive performance and sometimes you need to put your foot down and they played some really complimentary football today.

The back five were good but they wasted some chances as well.

The subs from Nuno changed the game and really saw it out for West Ham. Austbo coming on was an inspired substitution.

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Best league in the world.

Three points separates the top five and there's just six from Swansea, in first, to QPR in ninth.

The Swans had their wings clipped by West Ham, who rode their luck and picked up the kind of win that titles are built on.

Middlesbrough missed the chance to go top as they were held by Cardiff in a brilliant early game and Birmingham and West Brom are hot on their heels after huge wins against QPR and Blackburn respectively.

Stoke are back into the top-six while Southampton lost ground after a home stalemate with Bolton.

At the bottom Preston look bang in trouble after a ninth defeat in 11 games and Derby's home woes continued. Burnley are back into the drop-zone after Watford's much-needed lunchtime win while Norwich are dropping like a stone after six straight defeats, five of them in the league.

Sheffield United, Portsmouth and Wrexham will be looking up, rather than over their shoulder, this weekend.

Norwich City

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There were boos all around Carrow Road with fans remaining behind after a fifth successive Championship defeat - six in all competitions.

The supporters are chanting for the dismissal of sporting director Ben Knapper.

You can listen to live BBC Radio Norfolk reaction.

A fourth win in five games has taken Birmingham up to fourth and two points off the automatic promotion spots.

There's been plenty of talk about success from the owners, but is this the year they can return to the Premier League for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign?

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Boos ring around Ashton Gate as Sheffield United become the latest side to visit Bristol City and take three points off them.

Oliver Arblaster's terrific early goal was enough to settle the fixture and lifts the Blades into the top half of the table.

The Robins huffed and puffed in the closing stages but came up short and drew a blank again.

That's a ninth defeat in 11 league matches for Preston North End.

It's still early days, but can Graham Alexander turn things around for the Lancashire club?

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A remarkable result for West Brom, who completed quite the turnaround in the dying embers of this typically frantic Championship encounter.

Felix Horn Myhre was the Albion hero in stoppage time, after Isaac Price and Barney Stewart had cancelled out Andri Gudjohnsen's early brace.

Tony Mowbray's return to The Hawthorns looked as though it would go according to plan for Blackburn, until the dramatic reverse late in the day.

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The Potters hold on.

It's a fifth defeat in seven home games in all competitions for Derby, who tried their best to get back into it after Luke Graham's header from Ethan Galbraith's deep free-kick just after the break.

Rhian Brewster thumped the base of the post and David Ozoh was denied by Viktor Johansson in the dying seconds but it's City who go back into the top six while the Rams remain second bottom.

Wrexham bounce back in style, but things go from bad to worse for basement-boys Preston.

Joe Worrall scored with a downward header on his home debut and though Alfie Devine slammed home a quickfire equaliser, former North End skipper scored his first goal for his new club via the inside of the post before the break.

Sam Smith then headed a third and Kieffer Moore flicked home a fourth as Preston conceded four on the road for the second time in four days.

A fifth successive Championship defeat for Norwich and a sixth in all competitions.

Marezi's second-half penalty makes it back-to-back wins for Portsmouth.

Norwich hit the post through Pelle Mattsson but drop to fourth from bottom in the division.

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Southampton drop points and fail to score at home in the Championship for the first time this season.

They had their chances with Leo Scienza and James Bree wasting the best of them while they also had good shouts for a penalty turned down.

Bolton also created some opportunities with Thierry Gale and Josh Sheehan notably.