Sheffield United 1 Derby County 0: Reaction from Slavisa Jokanovic and Wayne Rooney as Billy Sharp's late penalty downs the Rams
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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filling up nicely with five minutes to go until kick-off, fair play to Derby as well for selling 2,000 tickets at £37 a pop for this afternoon’s game despite all their off-field woes - expecting a bumper crowd for this one and a competitive game, despite everything going off at Pride Park... Wayne Rooney’s players will want to put on a show of their own to distract from all that and the Blades will be hoping to continue their recent resurgence under Slavisa Jokanovic, too. Bring it on!
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and the Blades make two changes from the side that won at Hull last time out in the league - Norwood and Ndiaye come back in, Brewster and Hourihane make way and are on the bench
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