Coventry City 4 Sheffield United 1: Sorry afternoon for Blades as City run riot

Sheffield United's Oliver Norwood (left) and Coventry City's Gustavo Hamer battle for the ball: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

Here’s how the game unfolded, with reaction from Paul Heckingbottom on an afternoon to forget for the Blades.

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Sat, 12 Mar, 2022, 13:41 BST

The Blades will face

one of their old players this afternoon - a good goalkeeper and top man

Sat, 12 Mar, 2022, 13:38 BST

The stage is set

for the Blades

Sat, 12 Mar, 2022, 13:27 BST

Hecky’s message to his players

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom has delivered a morale-boosting message to his team as this season’s race for the Premier League approaches the final straight: ‘Play your best and you’ll beat anyone in this division.’

Speaking ahead of the Coventry clash, the Blades boss said: “I’ve told the players, when they’re at their best then they’ve won. We have won when we haven’t been at our best, and you need to be able to do that.

“But what I really like is that, when they’ve been as good as we know they can be, they’ve always come out on top. That tells you something about the standards they can set. We wanted to remind them of that.

“The only times we haven’t won is when we haven’t been at our best.”

Sat, 12 Mar, 2022, 13:26 BST

M A T C H D A Y

and the Blades travel to the Midlands this afternoon looking to keep up their pursuit of the play-offs after beating Boro in midweek