Barnsley 2 Sheffield United 1: Paul Heckingbottom's reaction as Blades sign off pre-season with defeat

Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now
Sheffield United round off their pre-season campaign this afternoon when they make the short trip to Barnsley.

The Blades returned to winning ways last night when they beat Burton Albion 3-0, and more of Paul Heckingbottom’s side will get a run-out against the Blades’ League One neighbours.

Keep up to date with every key moment in our live blog, and refresh your page for the latest update.

Barnsley v Blades LIVE

and it’s all square at the break after Sander Berge cancelled out Saviour Godwin’s opener for the hosts - both sides have had decent chances to go ahead and Adam Davies made a superb save to prevent Godwin making it 2-1 to the home side before the break. Expect 10 changes for the Blades at the break after Gomis earlier replaced the injured Norrington-Davies but it’s been a useful run out for the Blades so far in searing heat

from Adam Davies as Casa get in behind on the right, it’s squared across goal and Godwin looks for his second but Davies gets across and claws it to safety - a remarkable effort to be fair

Berge lets fly from distance

after the space opened up in front of him, he drove forward with it and assessed his options before having a go from a long way out and it goes over the home side’s crossbar

as Brewster takes a snapshot after linking up nicely with Ndiaye, it was a low effort that beat the ‘keeper but not the woodwork and it remains 1-1

and it’s Berge who gets it, poking home from close range after the ball fell in his path - it came from another set-piece, Brewster had a poke at the ball which was deflected to Berge and while Casa appealed for offside, the Norwegian calmly placed it home for 1-1

Brewster heads over the bar

after another corner from the Blades right causes havoc, he gets a head to it but can’t get it on target and that’s the drinks break - United still trail 1-0 but have had a few chances to get back into it, with Egan forcing a save from the Casa goalkeeper from a corner and a few other half-chances also going begging

Early Blades change

as Norrington-Davies goes down again and is clearly feeling the after-effects of that earlier challenge with Godwin, his race is now run and he gingerly makes way for Gomis who will slot in at left centre-half in his place

Norrington-Davies is

back on his feet after some attention from the physio, as is Godwin, and both will hopefully be okay to continue - as the corner comes in and reaches Fernandes at the back post, but his shot goes over the bar

as goalscorer Godwin and Norrington-Davies take a moment for a bit of treatment - they had an almighty running battle down the wing as they looked to keep pace with each other, the Blades defender blocked the cross behind for a corner and both have stayed down for some treatment from their respective physios

Good point-blank save

prevents RND from restoring parity as Osborn’s corner comes in, the Welshman rose highest in the middle but Casa Pia ‘keeper Bravim was up to the task to be fair to him with a good save from close range

Comment Guidelines

National World encourages reader discussion on our stories. User feedback, insights and back-and-forth exchanges add a rich layer of context to reporting. Please review our Community Guidelines before commenting.