Sub Kayoda scores with first touch to fire Rotherham nine points clear at top

SUPER-SUB Joshua Kayode fired Rotherham 9 factors clear on the prime as he downed AFC Wimbledon together with his first contact.

Sam Cosgrove fired straight at Josh Vickers with an early probability for the Dons but it surely was one-way visitors after that.

The leaders ramped it up after the break when Will Grigg raced down the left and squared for Michael Smith, however Rotherham’s prime scorer was denied purpose quantity 18 for the season by a point-blank save from Nik Tzanev.

That was to be Grigg’s final involvement after hurting himself crossing with the ahead changed by Kayode.

The league leaders had been starting to show the screw as Ben Wiles curled a 20-yard effort simply large.

They usually finally took the lead on the hour in entrance of their 551 travelling supporters when the sub scored inside seconds.

Chiedozo Ogbne burst down the precise and put the ball on a plate for the 21-year-old striker to poke below Tzanev.

Angus MacDonald got here off the bench for the Millers for his first sport since Could following a prolonged absence.

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And Wes Harding nearly grabbed a second solely to be denied by the bar because the struggling Dons supplied little.

That stretches their winless run to 12 matches – the final victory coming at Accrington Stanley on December 7.

Wimbledon boss Mark Robinson stated: “It’s important to have character on the ball and I don’t suppose we had that.

“We’ve set to work our means out of it.”

Rotherham’s Paul Warne stated: “I believed we had been the higher facet and deserved multiple purpose.

“It was a great away efficiency and one other clear sheet.”

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