Battling Sheffield United earned a share of the spoils at home to Chelsea this afternoon thanks to Oli McBurnie’s injury-time equaliser. The Blades twice fought back from going behind at Bramall Lane to give their survival bid a boost.
Chelsea went ahead through Thiago Silva before Jayden Bogle’s equaliser. Noni Madueke put the Blues back ahead in the second half before McBurnie’s calm finish in front of the Kop earned the Blades a point from a game in which they had less than a third of possession but had almost double the number of shots that Chelsea mustered on Ivo Grbic’s goal.
Here’s how we rated United’s players on another interesting evening at Bramall Lane...
9. Ben Osborn 6.5
A typical Osborn display full of commitment and effort and his pressing forced a decent opening when he robbed Manueke on the touchline. Later moved to left wing-back after United's reshuffle and a delicious deep cross almost led to a chance for McBurnie but Chukwuemaka did well to slide in and cut it out. His crossing from the left is underrated and another good one deep in added time forced Silva into a panic | Getty Images
10. Oli McBurnie 8
Showed good awareness and then unselfishness to intercept Silva's poor backpass and then square to Brereton Diaz, who he felt was better positioned than the tight angle he found himself at. Had a good chance not far into the second half when he got his head to his strike partner's cross but under pressure from Chalobah he planted his effort the wrong side of Petrovic's post. Made his mark late on with a calm finish after Archer flicked nicely into his path | Getty Images
11. Ben Brereton Diaz 6
A constant pest to the Chelsea defence and could have added another goal to his tally but for Caicedo's block after good work from McBurnie. There were times when a chance may have presented itself if he was a bit more forthright, including a 50/50 with Silva that the Brazilian was more committed to | Getty Images
12. Subs: James McAtee 5
Came on for Holgate but couldn't make much impact in the game. Also used: Archer 6 (Good flick on for McBurnie's goal). Souza n/a Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images