Birmingham City 1 Sheffield United 2: Bogle and Sharp on target as Blades hit back to win
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This is how the game unfolded, with reaction from Paul Heckingbottom.
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GOAL BLADES
AND it’s 2-1 as Bogle gets on the end of Fleck’s pass and finishes well - Birmingham are desperate for offside but replays show Bogle wasn’t and the Blades lead!
GOAL BLADES
AND it’s a quick response from the visitors as Sharp latches on to Sander’s throughball and finishes with aplomb in front of the visiting fans... game on!!
GOAL Birmingham
and it’s the former Blade Taylor who gets it, Brum breaking on the Blades and having a numerical advantage - Taylor has options but he goes himself and finds the far corner with a good finish to be fair, leaving Foderingham no chance - just over an hour gone here
blues having a bit of a spell
here as Taylor, who was booked not long ago for dragging down Davies, and Hogan look to link up - United are holding strong so far but the hosts are certainly knocking on the door
Big chance for the Blades
as a long ball and flick on cut open the Brum defence, Berge fed Fleck to his left and the Scot’s shot is deflected over
Bit of handbags
in the far corner as Roberts and Ndiaye tussle after a challenge - Robers has Ndiaye in a headlock and there’s a bit of pushing and shoving that ends in Roberts and Sharp, who had raced over to protect his young teammate, seeing yellow
HALF TIME
and a half low on chances and bits of quality comes to an end - Ndiaye has been very good and could/should have had a penalty in that first half but nothing was given and the Blades have to go in level. In fairness neither goalkeeper has been tested
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