Blackpool 0 Sheffield United 0: Boss left fuming as Blades miss chance to go back into play-offs

Sheffield United couldn’t recover their place in the Championship play-offs this evening as they drew 0-0 with Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.
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United dropped to ninth after Nottingham Forest beat QPR, with boss Paul Heckingbottom left fuming over two disallowed goals that went against his side.

Here’s what Heckingbottom had to say, and the story of the game on the coast…

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and Blackpool go closest to scoring as Bowler’s effort cannons back off the crossbar, Egan does well to block the follow-up from Hamilton

Free header for Madine

from a deep corner but it’s planted, fortunately, straight at Foderingham

sees Ndiaye and MGW combine before Norrington-Davies’s shot was blocked on the left channel

Booking for Robinson

as he brings down Dougall as the Blackpool man looked to break

Gordon brings a cheer

as he smashes a clearance out of the stadium

Chance for Blackpool

as Madine gets his head to a well-struck cross, he diverts it goalwards but it goes just over Foderingham’s crossbar - the goalkeeper would have been in trouble there had it been on target

as Osborn is wiped out by Husband as he put the cross in, norwood to take it down the right channel - it goes deep to Egan who wins the header but is penalised for climbing by the referee

Almost a chance for Sharp

as Egan’s raking pass catches out the defence but Grimshaw is out quickly and bravely to boot it away before Sharp could get to the ball

as Gibbs-White wins it on the right - Osborn and Ndiaye go over to take it and there’s a bit of a scramble, Berge heads it goalwards and Grimshaw tries to keep it out but the lino’s flag was up anyway so it wouldn’t have counted even if it did go ove the line

Huge chance for the Blades

as ndiaye feeds Sharp, he turns his man Ekpiteta and shoots on his right foot aiming for the far corner but he puts it just wide -

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