Skipper Billy Sharp’s first of the season was the difference between sides ranked second and 24th in the standings at kick-off, as Iliman Ndiaye impressed on his return to England following his World Cup exploits with Senegal out in Qatar.
Town offered more threat in the second half after Sharp’s opener but United couldn’t find a second goal which would have effectively killed the game as a contest and Mark Fotheringham’s side battled hard to get back into it right to the end of five minutes of injury time.
United welcomed back some key men after injury, with Oli McBurnie and Sander Berge coming off an impressive-looking bench. Here’s how we rated United’s players on an afternoon which was far from their best this season, but in which they simply got the job done ...
United welcomed back some key men after injury, with Oli McBurnie and Sander Berge coming off an impressive-looking bench. Here’s how we rated United’s players on an afternoon which was far from their best this season, but in which they simply got the job done ...