Sheffield United 1 Derby County 0: Reaction from Slavisa Jokanovic and Wayne Rooney as Billy Sharp's late penalty downs the Rams

Morgan Gibbs-White of Sheffield Utd and Graeme Shinnie of Derby County have an exchange of words: Simon Bellis / SportimageMorgan Gibbs-White of Sheffield Utd and Graeme Shinnie of Derby County have an exchange of words: Simon Bellis / Sportimage
Morgan Gibbs-White of Sheffield Utd and Graeme Shinnie of Derby County have an exchange of words: Simon Bellis / Sportimage
Sheffield United returned to Championship action this afternoon when they beat Derby County at Bramall Lane.

Wayne Rooney’s side made the trip to South Yorkshire bottom of the table following their 12-point deduction, and suffered further frustration when Billy Sharp fired home an 89th-minute penalty.

This is how the game unfolded, with reaction from both managers.

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as Norwood’s long ball finds Baldock in acres of space, his cross cuts out Davies and Sharp gets his head to it but he can’t direct it on target - not the easiest of headers to be fair to him but he may feel he should have tested Roos there, at least

Good header from Jagielka

prevents Sharp getting on the end of a volleyed Gibbs-White cross, the former Blade showing his experience there

Gibbs-White is booked

for a bit of afters following a foul with Shinnie,didn’t look a great deal in it but the Derby man is still complaining to the ref so presumably wanted more punishment metered out

from Phil Jagielka on his return to Bramall Lane - Olsen then saves the follow-up header and United scramble the ball away, but a definite wake-up call for the Blades there after their sluggish start

Risky backpass from Davies

has Ndiaye interested as he chases down Roos, who gets to the ball just ahead of him and boots it clear

BIG chance for the Blades

as Sharp gets on the end of a ball over the top from Baldock, he takes it down beautifully and is one-on-one with Roos, but can’t keep his shot down and it sails high over the Derby crossbar - the best chance of the game by a million miles so far and not one you’d imagine the Blades skipper missing too often

from outside the box after Gibbs-White and Baldock linked up, he looks to place it into the far corner but it’s comfortable enough for Roos to hold

Quiet-ish opening few minutes

as Baldock S is flagged offside after thinking he’d sprung the trap and was bearing down on goal

And we’re underway

as John Fleck kicks us off after the Blades take the knee before kick-off - let’s go

Here come the teams

with Derby in their blue change kit and the Blades in red and white, of course - a healthy reception for Jagielka’s name as it’s read out over the PA system before kick-off, and quite rightly too

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