From the moment Anthony Musaba clawed open a match barren of quality to open with his twisting, turning assist for Ike Ugbo to the bucket loads of blood and guts shown in the second half, it was a classic away performance and one of the best delivered by a Sheffield Wednesday side in a good few seasons.
Ugbo and Musaba himself got the goals, but there were performances of quality all over the field as Wednesday beat Millwall 2-0 in a red-hot atmosphere. It injects new life into a survival battle many believed would have died had they tasted defeat.
Here are our ratings from The Den.
Here are our ratings from The Den.
![Looks dead comfortable as a wing-back. Burst of pace caused a problem or two for Millwall early doors. One cross towards the end of the first half deserved more.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/29/11/Valentin%20UGC.png?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Pol Valentin - 7
Looks dead comfortable as a wing-back. Burst of pace caused a problem or two for Millwall early doors. One cross towards the end of the first half deserved more. | Ellis / UGC
![Left bruises and together with his midfield comrade Bannan played with a snarl. Showed plenty of energy and typified an excellent away performance.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/10/16/Vaulks%20UGC.png?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Will Vaulks - 7
Left bruises and together with his midfield comrade Bannan played with a snarl. Showed plenty of energy and typified an excellent away performance. | UGC / Getty
![Sheffield Wednesday must cryogenically freeze Barry Bannan's slip-through pass and retain it for all eternity. His opening-up of Millwall's defence for the Owls' second goal was a piece of mastery worthy of a place at the Tate Modern just a bus ride away. He was excellent and played with a nastiness to him.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/10/16/Bannan%20UGC.png?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Barry Bannan - 9
Sheffield Wednesday must cryogenically freeze Barry Bannan's slip-through pass and retain it for all eternity. His opening-up of Millwall's defence for the Owls' second goal was a piece of mastery worthy of a place at the Tate Modern just a bus ride away. He was excellent and played with a nastiness to him. | UGC / Steve Ellis
![Always there, needling away on the left. The number of big tackles or stretching interventions he was either the subject of or that he dished out must have run into double-figures.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/11/05/15/Marvin%20Johnson%20UGC.png?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Marvin Johnson - 8
Always there, needling away on the left. The number of big tackles or stretching interventions he was either the subject of or that he dished out must have run into double-figures. | UGC / Steve Ellis