Positives despite spot-kick defeat: Evans

The visitors were dominant for the majority of the match but could not find a winning goal as it ended 1-1 after 90 minutes and a penalty shootout.

Their departure from the competition was confirmed when Mark Bradley's spot kick hit the bar, resulting in 7-6 victory for City.

Millers boss Evans felt his side came close to securing a place in the second round. He said: “We deserved to win the cup tie. I think they’ll feel a little fortunate to have gone through.

"I think the referee had a poor game, but he’s not the excuse because we played very well against a good Championship side."

United will be monitoring Laurence Wilson's fitness for their first fixture of the npower League Two season with Burton Albion after the left-back sustained an ankle injury in the early stages of the game.

Evans said: "If Laurence is a problem in the week we’ll assess that and then act on it.”