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Righteo, we're taking an hour break before returning for the final game of this bumper Good Friday.

League leaders Coventry will go 12 (TWELVE) points clear of third with a win over play-off chasing Derby County.

That one kicks off at 20:00 BST and we'll have build up from 19:30.

Hope you can check in with us then and thanks for your company this afternoon.

Cheers!

Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones spoke to BBC Radio London after their 2-1 home defeat by Bristol City:

"At the start of both halves, we were poor and that's cost us the game today.

"We work every single week on starting fast and being front-footed and in the first 50 seconds, we mess about and give a corner away and that sets the tone.

"It was a game we could have drawn or won in the end but we didn't show enough quality in the final third and some of our defending was so un-Charlton like, it was crazy.

"The start killed us. When we're in the game, we know we're going to be strong late on attacking that end, but we're not giving ourselves a chance.

"It's a carbon copy, the last three home games, we're not learning from that and that's tough to take."

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Bristol City

Bristol City interim manager Roy Hodgson told BBC Radio Bristol after their 2-1 win at Charlton:

"I thought a lot of it was very good and even the bits I didn't enjoy so much, you have to take your hat off to the players for surviving and dealing with that bombardment towards the end when there's four or five forwards on the field and long throws and corners being hurled into your six-yard box.

"The performance in general and some of the football we played was good and if we could keep that up, I'd enjoy watching that and I think the fans will enjoy watching it and it will give us more success than failure.

[Did he sense a team low on confidence] "I would lie if I say I sensed anything. It's totally new to me what they've done.

"Should I be surprised? To be surprised, I'd have to have an opinion about what they're capable of doing and it's a blank canvas for me.

"I've selected a team and a style of play in conjunction with the other staff members and I know a lot more now having seen them for 90 minutes."

Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield following their 2-0 defeat at Stoke City:

"I think we had two different halves. First half, we defended well.

"We knew the first 15-20 minutes would be tough because Stoke are a team that is very good on the ball.

"We were organised and didn't concede any chances. We worked hard; we were not good enough or brave enough in transition.

"From the beginning of the second half we were brave, we played a really good game. We saw a lot of things that we did in training this week, but it was not enough."

Stoke City

Stoke manager Mark Robins spoke to BBC Radio Stoke after their 2-0 win over relegated Sheffield Wednesday:

"It was hard. You're on a hiding to nothing because people expect you to win and score a avalanche of goals. That hasn't happened.

"They've got lots of good players. They've lost some and gained some. Sheffield Wednesday are young and they've been through the mill in the past few seasons.

"We've had eight players to work with whilst others are injured, coming back or on international duty. Logistically it is tough; to get the game won like that was pleasing.

"We were nowhere near fluid throughout the game. We were at times, but we looked laboured in movement and passing. We created good openings and should have had more chances on goal if we'd been more awake.

"We got the game done, a clean sheet and 54 points, more than the entirety of last season. You talk about incremental improvement, that is there for everyone to see."

Hull City

Hull City manager Sergej Jakirovic told BBC Radio Humberside:

“We can be happy with this point because they had very good chances towards the end of this game.

“We began well and take the lead through a very nice goal and then mostly we controlled everything.

“Maybe they know how to use this wind because they played a lot of long balls behind our defence line. We struggled there sometimes and we made one mistake in midfield when we lost the ball and they used this immediately to win a penalty.

“After this, for me, it was a very ugly game because it was first ball, long ball, second ball, who will be successful there? I think we lacked creativity, especially on the ball. We must be comfortable on the ball.

“We didn't use the wind in the first half because when you saw the second half, they used it. From 30, 35, 40 metres, they tried to shoot on goal. This is their home ground, so this is expected.”

Oxford United

Oxford United manager Matt Bloomfield told BBC Radio Oxford following his side's 1-1 draw with Hull City:

"We assess it by saying that we've created multiple opportunities to win the football match. It hasn’t gone our way today, but in terms of performance level and endeavour, the way the boys kept creating, kept pressing, kept at it, we can't question them.

"It was obviously very disappointing to go one goal down so early and another team could have possibly wobbled, but our lads are made of sterner stuff, and they kept going.

"Cam [Cameron Brannagan] stuck the penalty away and we created multiple opportunities.

"I'm just really disappointed for the lads and for the crowd today because everyone was excellent. We played against a very good team who are five points off the automatic promotion places, and are going to end the season, probably in the play-offs at the very least.

"Yet we've gone toe to toe with them and created enough chances to win the game."

Preston North End

Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"We created all four goals.

"Regardless of the position they've got some real good individual players and we defended our box well.

"They got in behind us once where Dan makes that save where we get things wrong, apart from that it's shots from the edge of the box.

"For us to give them two goals the way we did, to get that point is really, really frustrating."

Leicester City

Leicester City boss Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Radio Leicester after his side's 2-2 draw with Preston North End:

"You have to look at the performance overall, and I would say for 99% of it the performance was outstanding, I really do think that.

"We were excellent, we didn't give too many chances away, we score a very good goal and press nice and early and looked really comfortable first half.

"But of course I've said it many times before, and it's been a bit of an Achilles heel where we can be playing fantastically well and we just give two goals out of nothing.

"The first one's a throw in that breaks down and we let them break on us.

"Then the second one's a set-piece where we give the ball away in the run-up to it and then it's a soft goal to concede.

"I know Preston will say they made two mistakes for our goals, but when you've had 28 shots and the keeper's made countless saves, you would always feel as though you should have won the game."

Norwich City

Norwich City boss Philippe Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk after his side's 1-1 draw with Portsmouth:

"It’s frustrating indeed, we could have kept a clean sheet too which is an important thing.

"The reaction was good from the players as they went for the second goal but if you don’t score the second or third goal in this game then this can happen.

"It was a defensive game today, and we should have won more duels, we have more things to work on in the next few weeks in those situations."

Portsmouth

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho spoke to BBC Radio Solent after his side's 1-1 draw at Norwich.

“It feels like a big point, the biggest thing for me today was the performance.

“After the QPR loss we were searching for answers and that was the lowest point of the season, to then go a goal down and respond like we did was really pleasing.

“We defended well and dug in when we needed to, Norwich have some very good players and we had to deal with those tough moments when they were on top.

“We were in the game when behind which was the most important thing, we weren’t clinging on though and we were trying to be positive with the ball when we had it, I thought the subs did really well when they came on too.”

Millwall

Millwall boss Alex Neil spoke to BBC Radio London following their 2-1 win over Middlesbrough to move into the automatic promotion places:

"I don't think it was more than three points.

"First half I thought Middlesbrough were better than us, I thought they started really brightly. Their shape caused us a bit of a problem, we just had to fix our press at half-time and I think we dealt with that much better in the second half.

"What I also thought was that we were second best in a lot of challenges and a lot of headers. There was a lot of talk about us being the most dominant team in the league aerially, but we didn't win a header in the first half.

"I thought we also lacked a lot of composure in the first half in terms of being on the ball and I thought that was the biggest difference in the second half.

"We were never going to come here and pop Middlesbrough off the pitch, we're not that type of team. What we have got, even when we're not playing well, is we can stay in games, and I thought today when our chances came along we took them.

"At the moment [being second in the league], it doesn't mean anything. We managed to win a really difficult game today. This group has unbelievable character, we never ever stop. It doesn't matter how bad things look at times, we'll come back and have a go and we did that today."

John's beloved Millwall are up to second in the Championship for the first time since August 2022. Good time to be hitting the automatic promotion spots...

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg spoke to BBC Radio Tees following their 2-1 defeat by Millwall:

"It hurts a lot.

"We have to be strong, we should have killed the game off and been done and buried after 60 minutes. It's tough.

"There's no team that creates more chances in the league, a lot of the time we score a lot of goals. A lot of the performances are unbelievable in many ways, and I'm proud of that, but we would be lying if we said we shouldn't score more goals from everything we create.

"I don't think much changed [in the second half], we still created a lot of opportunities. I can't remember many chances for them except the goals to be honest. We had a lot of opportunities on the counter, they of course came forward which opened up the game a little bit more, but I think they were similar halves.

"It's a tough blow for us [without Hayden Hackney, Morgan Whittaker, and Leo Castledine], but other people have to step forward, and I think they're doing that in a very good way. I see how they play and how they fight, and they're not getting what I think they deserve out of the game."

Time for some reaction from the big result in the early game in the Championship.

Norwich looked to be on course to cut the gap to the top six but a late Pelle Mattsson own goal meant they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth and are nine points off the top six with just six games to go.

The Foxes have now drawn 13 of their Championship matches this season. Only Preston and Watford, with 14, have more ties in the second tier.

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So what does it all mean, then?

Millwall moved up to second in the table with their lunchtime win at Middlesbrough.

Wrexham's comeback means they leapfrog Southampton into sixth.

At the bottom, Blackburn's late winner at Birmingham means they are now six points clear of the relegation places.