DEFENDER Leon Cort admitted 10-man Burnley’s point at Millwall felt like their first away win of the season.

The Clarets took the lead despite having Clarke Carlisle sent off with only seven minutes played at The Den, only to have Jay Rodriguez’s 22nd minute header cancelled out by Scott Barron’s equaliser four minutes later.

But after an injury to Andre Bikey prompted wholesale changes to the central defensive partnership after just 14 minutes, Burnley overcame the odds to earn an excellent point for the second time in the capital in a fortnight.

Cort, who began his career with Millwall – albeit it without playing a first team game, made his first league appearance of the season when he replaced Bikey, after Dean Marney had earlier been sacrificed for Michael Duff to replenish defensive numbers in Carlisle’s absence.

And the Londoner said: “No-one expected the two centre-halves to go off like that but when you come on you have to take your chance.

“Millwall’s a very hard place to come. It’s very hostile but in a sense that gave us a lift because we could sense the frustration of the crowd and we knew we could get a result.

“We stood tall and we did very well. Everyone was happy with the result and it felt like a win to be honest.”

Burnley are the only team in the top half of the Championship still without an away win after the latest draw, and Cort admitted they were disappointed with the manner in which Millwall’s equaliser was conceded so soon after taking the lead.

However, the former Stoke City defender, who joined the Clarets in January after Brian Laws replaced Owen Coyle in the Turf Moor hotseat, was pleased with a robust response to strong pressure from the home side to complete a second-half shut-out, despite their one-man deficit.

“Me and Duffo are old-school defenders who like to get stuck in and deal with things like that, and it was pleasing for it to go our way,” said the 31-year-old.

“We were disciplined and made it hard for them, and we’ll take a point.”