Sheffield United 0 Crystal Palace 2 LIVE: Too Eze for Palace as star man Ebere makes it two

Sheffield United are in Premier League action at Bramall Lane this afternoon when they host Crystal Palace at S2.
Crystal Palace's Serbian midfielder Luka Milivojevic (R) tackles Sheffield United's midfielder Sander Berge  (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Crystal Palace's Serbian midfielder Luka Milivojevic (R) tackles Sheffield United's midfielder Sander Berge  (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Crystal Palace's Serbian midfielder Luka Milivojevic (R) tackles Sheffield United's midfielder Sander Berge (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sheffield United v Crystal Palace LIVE

Key Events

  • Palace went ahead after just over a minute through Benteke

Basham hits the side netting

with a well-struck shot after Norwood’s corner was headed into his path, he was in a bit of space and caught it well, but it goes the wrong side of the post

Jebbison is being prepared

to make his Premier League debut off the bench - he replaces Oli Burke, who has been pretty anonymous for most of this game in fairness

from Benteke after Eze weaved his way through once again and fed the striker - moments earlier United appealed for a penalty when McGoldrick went down in the box, but ref Hooper waved play on

sees Sander Berge replaced by Ben Osborn just before the hour mark - United badly missed Osborn’s energy from the start today and he has half an hour now to get the Blades back into it

Benteke hits the post

after United caused their own problems again with Fleck being robbed on the edge of his own box, Benteke took it on and shot powerfully but it hits the woodwork

Palace cross from the right

is intended for Benteke, he’s climbing all over Basham who does brilliantly well to divert the ball over his crossbar for a corner and Ramsdale clears the danger eventually after spilling the initial cross

for the Blades to level after the ball lands at the feet of John Egan after a corner was headed half-clear, he takes it down and then slashes it high over the Palace goal when it looked easier to find the target

We’re back underway

with no changes for either side at the break - United need to offer a lot more in this second half to stand any chance of getting back into this

and that was pretty grim viewing from a United perspective, Palace will be wondering how they aren’t further in front but have barely had to break sweat to keep United at bay so far. Ramsdale the only one to come out with any credit from that first 45, after a big save from Benteke’s header - the rest are barely worth rating at all. Here’s to much, much better in the second half

Good block from Egan

as Zaha cuts inside Basham and shoots on his left foot, Egan had got across to cover his teammate and deflected it away for a corner

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