Sheffield United secured a battling point away at Coventry City this afternoon after being forced to play the entire second half with 10 men following Anel Ahmedhodzic’s first-half red card. The Bosnian saw red after a first-half tussle with Norman Bassette, pushing the City youngster in the throat.
The Blades were 10 minutes or so away from a stunning victory thanks to goals from Tyrese Campbell and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, either side of Bassette’s equaliser, before Bobby Thomas headed a simple equaliser from a corner to rescue a point for the hosts. Here’s how we rated the Blades players...
5. Harrison Burrows 6
A bundle of energy down the left before he made way minutes after shoving Thomas-Asante to the ground after the Coventry man looked to buy a penalty but was booked for diving by ref Bond | Getty Images
6. Vini Souza 7.5
Back in the captaincy with Arblaster out and covered every blade of grass especially with United down to 10 men, cramping up severely towards the end of the game | Getty Images
7. Sydie Peck 7
Given the chance to replace Arblaster in his injury absence and was typically combative with some moments of quality too in a mature display Photo: Andrew Yates
8. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 8.5
Heavily involved early on and linked up well with Hamer, with those two combining superbly for the youngster to put the Blades back ahead with a lovely finish into the bottom corner. He initially became a solo striker after Ahmedhodzic's red card before being sacrificed at half-time but a goal and an assist is a very decent half's work Photo: Simon Bellis