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"I think Burnley are one of the best sides in the league with a terrific home record but the penalty was the only time they got free of us. Danny Haynes got back in there for the tackle. I'm not sure if it was a penalty, I'd need to see it again. Maybe the miss was the bit of luck we needed but probably deserved.
"We knew we'd be under pressure in the second half but we defended for our lives and earned a clean sheet. If you're going to be greedy, and we are, then our header is probably the best chance of the game in open play. I was right behind it and hoping for a bit of spin off the turf but it didn't come.
"I'm delighted with the lads' effort. Our shape and movement at times was decent. We've got something to build on."
Millen, however, was unhappy with referee Scott Mathieson when he ignored early appeals for a penalty. "For me why would Jon Stead go down? He's got the wrong side, a good side for us, and was through on goal. He's given them a penalty, I think the Stead one was just as close."
If Millen was delighted then Brian Laws was very much frustrated as he saw the Clarets fail to score despite numerous attempts on goal. "It is frustrating rather than anything else," he said. "We are dominating games and any manager will tell you so long as you keep doing that, then you will win more than you lose.
"It's not as if we are not creating chances in games, but sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition.
"We've made this a fortress, but it's very hard to win every game and I cannot fault the players' efforts in getting into the final third. Some days it's just not meant to be. You could sense the shock among the supporters that we hadn't won the game.
"The penalty would have been the catalyst for kicking us on, but I certainly won't be blaming Graham for missing one. It becomes a formality when Graham takes a penalty that we will score and I think it shocked everyone, even himself.
"It's the first one he has missed for Burnley and it was always going to come to an end at some stage. It wasn't even a save that denied him, it was just the wrong execution. But he will be the first one out there practicing again, as he normally does, and when we get another penalty he will be the first to step forward."
Laws continued: "The supporters saw how position we were in front of goal and we ended up having 28 attempts, which is a phenomenal amount in any game. David James pulled off 11 saves and we hit the woodwork twice, but the disappointing thing is we have lost two points.
"I certainly can't have a go at the players for their efforts because on any other day that would have been more than enough and we could have scored three, four or five.
"I am sure there will be other days when we win when we don't necessarily deserve it, but you can only affect what is in front of you. The positive is we got another clean sheet and the side looked solid. We just need to have our shooting boots on again on Tuesday."