Ian Holloway hailed Millwall’s stunning recovery from 3-0 down to earn a 3-3 draw with Wolves as the most exciting game he has ever been involved with as a manager.

The visitors led at the break thanks to Danny Baath’s 23rd minute opener and doubled their advantage just after the hour through Ethan Ebanks-Landell.

It looked to be game over minutes later as Nouha Dicko added a third but Lee Gregory got the unlikely fightback underway with a 67th minute finish.

Substitute Ricardo Fuller had The Den faithful believing eight minutes from time when he volleyed home past Carl Ikeme.

And it was the veteran striker who rescued an unlikely point three minutes from time when he converted Lee Martin’s cross to send the home fans into ecstasy.

Shaun Williams was sent off deep into stoppage time for bringing down Lee Evans, with David Forde pulling off a top class save to keep out Bakary Sako’s free-kick.

Lions boss Holloway said: “It is probably the most exciting game of football I’ve ever been involved with

“I had once against Cardiff when I was Plymouth which finished 3-3 after being 3-0 down.

“I can’t believe how we were three down to be honest but there you go.

“The club rewards bravery, honesty and loyalty.

“I thought my players stood there to a man and kept going.”

Holloway made all three of his substitutions early in the second half and although there impact was far from instant, the boss felt his changes were ultimately vindicated even if he felt Wolves didn’t deserve to be 3-0 to the good.

“A switch of tactics, a switch of people helped us,” he explained.

“It is nothing to do with the ones who were there before but it helped us.

“Jimmy Abdou had a great chance, as good as any chance they had, probably better to be honest.

“Lee Gregory has ended up missing one that he probably even now doesn’t know how it went in.

“Scott McDonald has hit the post with another brilliant move.

“Have a look at it yourselves, Gregory should have had a penalty and he didn’t give it and they were 3-0 up.

“I am thankful it has ended in a very positive way because my team deserved that but again that is three or four shots they’ve had – have a look at the stats – and everything is going in.

“But you have to keep fighting and keep working and be proud of what you stand for.”

Holloway also saluted his side’s spirit when they seemingly looked dead and buried.

“Sometimes when you are two or three down it can be really tough, but I’m proud of the lads,” he said.

“They earned their money today, they had a right go for us, they kept digging, they were brave, they kept wanting the ball, they understood the new tactics we tried to employ and it got us back in it.

“It’s a point, it is another point on our run and it could have been awful, couldn’t it?

“As long as you’ve got that fight, as long as you’ve got that spirit and it epitomises this wonderful football club.

“The whole weekend now I can try and enjoy and try and get a win at Wigan, which we managed to do last year when everybody wrote us off.”

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