Derby County v Sheffield United: Fallout from Pride Park as Tom Lawrence proves the difference
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and it ends Derby 2, United 0 in a pretty average game at best, to be honest - two Tom Lawrence goals the difference between the sides and United will look at some pretty poor defending for both goals when they watch the tape back, while at the other end they didn’t create nearly enough to threaten to win the game. Their best chance came in the first half when Billy Sharp headed straight at Allsop in the Derby goal, and other than that the Derby goalkeeper was untroubled. Stay tuned for some more reaction, player ratings and more
Osborn comes on
for Robinson as the Blades move to a back three for the last seven minutes of normal time
2-0 Derby
and Lawrence curls home a beauty to seal three points for his side, a quick break from Ebosele saw the ball go left and then right and Lawrence curled home past Foderingham to send Pride Park wild
Goal Derby
and it’s Lawrence who gets it, skipping past Egan and then finishing on the angle to put the hosts ahead with just over 20 minutes remaining
Double change for the Blades
as Brewster and Hourihane replace McGoldrick and Berge, 23 minutes of normal time remaining
Just wide for Derby
as Forsyth plants a powerful header towards goal, Norwood can’t rise high enough to cut it out and it lands just wide of the Blades goal
Egan clears x2
as Lawrence gets in a good position and tries to beat him, but Egan stands tall before repelling the cross as it comes in from the right, as Derby throw on ex-Blade Colin Kazim Richards to replace Luke PLange
Free-kick Blades
as McGoldrick draws the foul from Byrne - this is about as good as this second half has got so far, and we’re almost 10 minutes into it
Half-time
and Ndiaye’s blocked shot is the last action of the first 45, there’s appeals for handball but nothing is given and the whistle goes - it’s been a bitty first half for me, the odd flash or half-chance but the rest has been a lot of nothingness really - Sharp should have scored with a back-post header but it remains goalless going into the break
Foderingham saves
after Lawrence broke quickly and fed Jozwiak, his cross is deflected and Foderingham drops on it as the click ticks towards the half-time mark
Bogle overhits a cross
badly as United queued up in the middle for the centre - he’s seen a fair bit of the ball but no end product just yet
Huge chance
for Sharp as Robinson’s throw is flicked into his path at the back post, it’s a free header at goal but he plants it straight at Allsop in the Derby goal - what a chance that was to open the scoring
Good chance for Derby
as a long ball through the middle catches out Basham, he gets a touch on it but not enough and Lawrence looks to hook it home, but he can’t get it on target
Good defending from Davies
to get across and throw himself in the way of Bogle’s effort as he eyed up a goal on his return to DErby
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