Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest: Reaction as late Forest equaliser denies Blades a big victory
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The game pitted seventh against ninth in the table, with Forest looking to continue their excellent away form against one of their Championship rivals, and ended level after Ryan Yates’ header cancelled out Billy Sharp’s opener.
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Corner Blades
as Gibbs-White sees his shot blocked behind - Horvath makes two good saves to deny Sharp and then Davies, I think it was
GOAAAAAL BLADES
AND IT’S THAT MAN BILLY SHARP who gets it, nodding home Gibbs-White’s superb deep cross to send Bramall Lane wild
Almost the opener
as Berge slides in Gibbs-White down the left, he looks to square for the unmarked Sharp but the defender, possibly Cook, does well to get across and block it
Forest hits the bar
as Cook rises highest and connects, it rebounds off the bar and the Blades break but Fleck can’t get his pass off in time and the chance goes begging
Corner Forest
as Davies blocks Davis’ cross after the big man makes a nuisance of himself again ... it’s taken but Foderingham claims easily
Davies is booked
after challenging Davis down the wing, they both have a hold of each other but the ref gives it Forest’s way and shows the yellow for good measure
Half-time
and a big 15 minutes for Hecky and his staff, you’d think, after a below-par half from his players - I’d be amazed if there wasn’t a change at the break and there are a number of candidates to be hooked, too. The Blades have their goalkeeper to thank for not going in behind, and they simply haven’t got going
Half-time player ratings
Foderingham 8
Seriki 5
Davies 7
Egan 5
Robinson 6
Norrington-Davies 4
Norwood 6
Fleck 6
Berge 7
Gibbs-White 5
Sharp 5
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