Sheffield United 1 Birmingham City 1: Managers' reaction as Blades and Blues share spoils
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Oli McBurnie opened the scoring for the Blades in the second half but they were pinned back soon after by Troy Deeney’s equaliser.
Here’s the story of the game, with reaction from John Eustace and Paul Heckingbottom.
Blades v Birmingham
TEAM NEWS
and the Blades make two changes for the clash with Birmingham - Reda Khadra and Tommy Doyle start in place of Ahmedhodzic and Rhian Brewster, and we’re still none the wiser really over the shape United will play - will it be a back four or a three with Khadra at wing-back?
A bit of pre-match discussion
from our Blades team, including a recap of the international break and a look ahead to this afternoon’s game
How do the Blades solve a problem like Anel?
With the big Bosnian missing out, United must decide whether to either replace him through personnel or shape - Kyron Gordon could come in, United could experiment with someone at left wing-back and shift Norrington-Davies inside to centre-half or even tear it up completely and go back to a back four considering their personnel available - whatever happens United will back themselves to get through it but it’s a significant blow to have one of their star men so far this season out injured
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