Huddersfield Town 0 Sheffield United 0: Paul Heckingbottom's reaction as Blades draw with fellow promotion-chasers

Sheffield United couldn’t cut the gap between themselves and Huddersfield Town this afternoon when theplay-off chasers drew 0-0 in West Yorkshire.
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Here’s how the game unfolded, with reaction from both managers.

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with Sharp and Pipa after the latest flashpoint between the two - one to keep an eye on

Goal Town ... but no!

It’s ruled out as Russell’s header trickles over the line - Foderingham looked to have been impeded on the goal line so probably for that but it’s not immediately sure. But United won’t care, it remains goalless

Ward fires just wide

after taking advantage of a breakdown in communication between Egan and Berge, they leave the ball to each other and Ward took it before firing wide - comfortably in fact, as the replays show

O’Brien’s shot is deflected wide

by Robinson as Town break and look to exploit their numerical advantage, it’s a corner on the Town right and Robinson eventually pokes it clear

McBurnie as he rises to head Fleck’s cross wide but it’s much better from the Blades, patient build-up and possession, going from side to side and dragging out Town until they find their moment and it almost paid off

from Sharp is hooked in, Pipa is forced to boot it clear

Chance for the Blades

as McBurnie gets on the end of Bogle’s deep cross and wins the header, but Nicholls keeps it out

on a clever cross from Pipa, the angle is good and he wins it but can’t get the effort on target and it goes wide of United’s goal

as he drags down his man who had ghosted past him - no complaints on that one

Few scrappy bits of play

see promising United moves break down as Basham wins a superb tackle out on the right to stop a promising Town attack - United haven’t got going in this one yet and are struggling to keep hold of the ball, never mind do anything with it

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