Brighton winger admits he thought it was 'game over' moments before late equaliser at Millwall

Brighton & Hove Albion winger Solly March admitted he thought it was 'game over' at Millwall on Sunday when he over-hit the free kick which led to the Seagulls' late equaliser.
Solly March. Picture by PW Sporting PhotographySolly March. Picture by PW Sporting Photography
Solly March. Picture by PW Sporting Photography

March's deep free kick was spilled into his own net by Millwall keeper David Martin which made the score 2-2 five minutes into injury-time and Albion went on to win 5-4 on penalties to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

March had made the first goal for Jurgen Locadia as Brighton scored twice in the closing stage to force extra-time and the winger was then on target in the penalty shoot-out.

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Talking about his late equaliser, March said: “I probably put a bit too much on it and I looked down and I thought the referee was going to blow his whistle. I didn’t know what happened and it was in the back of the net and everyone went mad. You take that and everyone was happy.

"It was a fortunate goal. My first thought was that it was overhit and I thought, ‘that’s it, game over’, then I looked up and it was in the net. I didn’t know what happened at first. But you take a last-minute equaliser however they come and in the end we took into extra time, and probably should’ve won it then. But it was a tough game, they made it hard and to go through on penalties makes it more memorable."

March praised Albion's character for coming back from 2-0 down to progress and said: “They make it tough, especially as it was an FA Cup quarter-final. They were very loud and have beaten a Premier League team already. We knew it would be tough and to come back from 2-0 down shows the character that we’ve got and shows that we can come back from anything really."

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