Burton net first away win

Burton scored a quickfire double to steal a vital 2-1 win at Rotherham, their first success on the road this season.

The Millers dominated 85 minutes of the Sky Bet Championship encounter at New York Stadium, but the five first-half minutes where Chris O’Grady and Jackson Irvine scored proved pivotal as Burton registered their first ever away win in the second tier.

It moved them 12 points clear of their bottom-placed hosts and they will be reasonably confident they will not be overhauled by the Millers in the second half of the season.

It was a night of frustration for Paul Warne’s men, who could not add to Tom Adeyemi’s goal in first-half stoppage time, despite a host of fine chances and their good work against Wigan on Boxing Day was undone as they sit 10 points adrift of safety.

Joe Newell had a deflected shot after a neat passing move in the opening exchanges, Danny Ward thundered in a swerving free-kick which Jon McLaughlin palmed away and Izzy Brown did not connect properly from a decent position just inside the area.

Still Rotherham pressed and Richard Wood put a pair of headers wide before Newell missed another fine chance when he could only poke an effort at McLaughlin after a superb jinking run.

But their failure to take the lead inevitably cost them dear and Burton hit them with a …

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