By Matt Barlow for MailOnline
Published: 16:53 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 17:08 GMT, 16 February 2019
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Murray Wallace proved to be Millwall’s unlikely FA Cup goal hero yet again - this time with an early goal to end the giant killing exploits of AFC Wimbledon.
Full-back Wallace, who popped up in stoppage time to score the winner against Everton in the Fourth Round, struck in the fifth minute at Kingsmeadow.
Millwall defended the lead to take their place in the draw for the quarter-finals for the fourth time in 15 years.
Murray Wallace celebrates after his stooping header puts Millwall ahead of Wimbledon in their FA Cup fifth round clash
The defender steers his header beyond goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and into the top corner at Kingsmeadow
Wallace is joined by his team-mates as some of the home supporters watch on after their team concede early in the tie
Wimbledon (3-5-2): Ramsdale 7; Oshilaja 6.5, Nightingale 6, McDonald 6; Sibbick 6.5, McLoughlin 6, Hartigan 6 (Pinnock 63min, 5), Wordsworth 6, Garratt 6 (Barcham 46, 6.5); Pigott 6 (Connolly 63, 6), Folivi 6
Subs not used: McDonnell, Thomas, Wagstaff, Soares
Bookings: Wordsworth
Manager: Wally Downes 6
Millwall (4-4-2): Archer 6; Romeo 6.5, Pearce 7, Cooper 7.5, M.Wallace 7; J.Wallace 5, Williams 7, Leonard 6.5, Ferguson 5.5; O’Brien 5 (Elliott 65, 5), Gregory 6.5 (Hutchinson 90)
Subs not used: Martin, Tunnicliffe, Morison, Skalak, Hanson.
Bookings: M.Wallace,
Goals: Wallace 5
Manager: Neil Harris 7
Ref: Jonathan Moss 6.5
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Ryan Leonard picked up the ball and crossed from the right flank and Murray Wallace arrived to meet it with a powerful header. It was a first goal for Neil Harris’s team since they beat Everton last month.
Wimbledon maybe bottom of League One but, having beaten West Ham of the Premier League to reach the Fifth Round of the FA Cup for the first time since the rebirth of the club they would not about to roll over and make it easy for their visitors from the Championship.
Millwall survived an early scare when Shane McLoughlin’s low cross was volleyed against the frame of the goal by striker Joe Pigott, sliding in at the near post, in the
