Their plight was summed up on the whistle . After a game Millwall just had to win in order to retain any hope of survival , the supporters warmly applauded as they trudged off . The fans realise what dreadful circumstances interim manager Neil Harris has pitched up in . It was better but ultimately not enough . The Lions looked every bit a side to have scored just three goals in their previous eight games ; plenty of huff , but very little puff . Had Brighton ’ s Joe Bennett not crashed the bar from 25 yards and later blazed wildly over , it might ’ ve been worse . Millwall now look consigned to relegation and upbeat Harris will treat the remaining eight fixtures as an audition for when the club make a permanent decision on Ian Holloway ’ s successor in the summer . Millwall 's Aiden O'Brien ( right ) and Brighton and Hove Albion 's Beram Kayal ( left ) battle for the ball . Milwall winger Martyn Woolford ( right ) dribbles with the ball during the match against Brighton at The Den . Millwall ( 4-4-2 ) : Forde , Cummings , Nelson , Hooiveld , Harding , O'Brien ( Gueye 73 ) , Abdou , Williams , Woolford ( Fabbrini 81 ) , Taylor-Fletcher ( Maierhofer 73 ) , Gregory . Subs not used : Upson , Beevers , Fuller , Archer . Booked : Woolford , Taylor-Fletcher . Brighton ( 4-4-2 ) : Stockdale , Bruno , Halford , Greer , Bennett , Holla , Kayal ( Lua Lua 45 ) , Calderon , Stephens , Mackail-Smith ( Teixeira 75 ) , Best ( O'Grady 75 ) Subs not used : Hughes , Ince , Walton , Ledesma . Referee : Andy Woolmer . Attendance : 9,105 . ‘ The boys couldn ’ t give me any more apart from a goal , ’ he said . ‘ The support they gave was absolutely terrific . We ’ re just trying to give them the belief , to get the fans back onside. ’ Harris believes this is already a side the fans can identify with again after disaffection under Holloway . ‘ I wasn ’ t always the best player on the pitch here but I played with my heart on my sleeve , ’ he added . ‘ We maybe lacked a little bit of creativity in the final third and we ’ re searching for a goal to kickstart us . ‘ The league table doesn ’ t lie - games are running out . You have to start somewhere . We need to add to that . ‘ We ’ re in a difficult position but we ’ ve got games to win. ’ This isn ’ t fair on the young boss . It could well be a case of right job , wrong time for the man who ’ s adopted the club for which he appeared in the 2004 FA Cup final and who stood right behind him when beating testicular cancer . Brighton defender Bruno Saltor ( left ) slides across to challenge Millwall 's Aiden O'Brien ( right ) on the wing . Brighton striker Leon Best ( left ) prepares to cross the ball ahead of Millwall 's Dan Harding ( right ) The caretaker has brought more intensity and , while Brighton ’ s Leon Best drew a smart save from David Forde at the near post , the better opportunities fell to Shaun Williams and Aiden O ’ Brien . These were small steps in a mission to rejuvenate themselves , and something Chris Hughton has noted . ‘ They started well , ’ the Brighton boss said . ‘ I expected that . They ’ ve got a very good club man in the job at the moment . Everybody here respects him. ’ Respect means Harris won ’ t be implicated in the probable relegation , and for now he ’ s just intent on putting smiles back on some faces . Brighton forward Craig Mackail-Smith ( left ) and Millwall 's Lewis Drunk ( right ) tussle for the ball at The Den . Brighton's Beram Kayal ( left ) tackles Millwall 's O'Brien during the Championship match at The Den .
Millwall 's chances of beating relegation continue to look unlikely . The Lions were held to a goalless draw by Brighton at The Den . Stephens side are 23rd in the Championship table after the result .