Chris Wilder criticises three players after West Brom equaliser vs Sheffield United
Sheffield United failed to capitalise on West Bromwich Albion’s struggles at Bramall Lane on Saturday, drawing 1-1.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder criticised trio Gustavo Hamer, Callum O’Hare and Tyrese Campbell for their failure to try and prevent West Bromwich Albion’s equaliser in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane.
After getting their noses in front less than ten minutes after half-time when Baggies defender George Campbell turned Hamer’s low cross into his own net, United were made to pay for not capitalising on that breakthrough seven minutes from time.
Atoning for his earlier error, Campbell lashed in a fantastic drive from about 25 yards to earn the Baggies a point and put a dent in United’s play-off aspirations. A win would have taken the Blades to within six points of the final play-off berth.
The Baggies’ leveller stemmed from United failing to clear their lines properly. Callum Styles’ cross from the left was headed away by Tyler Bindon, but nobody in a red and white shirt was alive to the situation to prevent Campbell from picking up possession.
The defender was allowed to collect possession and storm his way past Campbell and O’Hare before unleashing an unstoppable shot that arrowed into the bottom corner.
Wilder critical of United trio
Understandably, Wilder, who was less than impressed with his side’s overall display, was not happy with United’s defending, admitting Hamer, O’Hare and Campbell should have done more to try and prevent Campbell from being allowed to shoot.
“We got done with a bit of organisation,” Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield. “It comes out to the left. They are flooding bodies forward, which they’re going to, with five or ten minutes to go, and we’d be doing exactly the same.
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“We get a header on it and it falls between three players and the boy strides through. That can’t happen. Gus needs to be narrower, Callum needs to be more alive and Tye... when a ball comes out, it can’t just fall to somebody, and he drifts past three people.
“Obviously he’s found a fabulous finish. But that is all we deserved today; we didn’t deserve to win the game of football, in my opinion.”