Sheffield United 2 Millwall 0: Reaction from Bramall Lane as Sander Berge and Iliman Ndiaye secure win
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The Blades bounced back from Monday’s 1-0 defeat at Watford with a positive result against the Lions, who have emerged as something of a bogey team for United in recent seasons.
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Another Blades assist for MGW
It was two months ago, when the coach carrying James McAtee and his England under-21 team mates arrived at Huddersfield Town’s stadium, that the teenage midfielder first discovered something was afoot.
Seated towards the back, next to Morgan Gibbs-White, McAtee was busy gathering together his belongings ahead of a match against Slovenia when the former Sheffield United loanee turned around and revealed who he’d just been speaking to on the telephone.
“He told me ‘The gaffer’s just rung my mobile and been asking me about you’,” McAtee said, recollecting his conversation with the Wolverhampton Wanderers star. “So I just replied ‘Oh, okay.’ I didn’t really know then why he’d be doing that. But it quickly became pretty obvious.”
TEAM NEWS
and Anel makes his Blades debut after returning from suspension - Rhian Brewster also starts up front with James McAtee on the bench
Blades boss explains taking a knee stance
Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom last night explained why his players have elected not to take a knee before every Championship game this season, despite reserving the right to make the gesture on certain “key” occasions.
As The Star revealed ahead of Monday’s game against Watford, Heckingbottom was preparing to consult his squad on whether or not to continue with the practice which has become commonplace in English football over the past two seasons.
United decided not to do so during the build up to their opening match of the new campaign and, for reasons the 44-year-old has explained, are unlikely to do so when Millwall visit Bramall Lane this afternoon.
M A T C H D A Y
and it’s back to the Lane after what feels like an eternity today as the Blades face Millwall in S2 - they’re looking to bounce back from Monday night’s disappointing defeat at Watford and what better place? Millwall have become something of a bogey side in recent years for the Blades, with Jake Cooper transforming into a prime R9 whenever he faces a United defence it seems, but hopefully his remarkable record doesn’t continue today and the Blades can get up and running
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