'I'm not sure' - Josh Windass questions Sheffield United celebrations after derby win vs Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United’s players and coaching staff celebrated on the Hillsborough turf after beating Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 on Sunday.
Former Sheffield Wednesday attacker Josh Windass questioned Sheffield United’s post-match celebrations after they beat the Owls 3-0 at Hillsborough in Sunday’s Steel City derby.
A brace from Tyrese Campbell, who scored the winner when the two sides met at Bramall Lane last season, and a late strike from substitute Tom Cannon sealed a comfortable victory for the Blades, meaning they registered the biggest away win in Steel City derby history in the process.
United were dominant throughout the contest and got their noses in front after just 11 minutes when Callum O’Hare slipped in Campbell and he applied a first-time finish. The former Stoke City man grabbed his second just after the break when he was sent scampering free by Sydie Peck.
Wednesday, who are still without a win at home this season, conceded for a third time in stoppage time when Cannon’s strike from outside the box took a slight deflection and found the bottom corner. It sealed a comprehensive win for the Blades, who are now seven games unbeaten against their cross-city rivals.
United’s players and coaching staff, including boss Chris Wilder, just as they did after their victory at Hillsborough last season, celebrated in front of the away end, posing for a group photo with their supporters behind them in the top tier of the Leppings Lane end. Wilder is a boyhood Blade and getting the better of Wednesday means everything to him.
Windass questions Blades’ post-match celebrations
However, former Owls attacker Windass implied the Blades’ celebrations were a little excessive when offering his post-match assessment.
Windass, who was at Hillsborough as a pundit for Sky Sports, said: “I’m not sure about all those celebrations. Sheffield United were the favourites to come and win today with the squad they have got and in the situation Sheffield Wednesday are in.
“I thought they played really well, took their chances well, the strikers came on and made an impact, and it was a good performance.”
Following their triumph at Hillsborough, the Blades will be hoping it proves to be the catalyst they are in such desperate need of after a disappointing start to the campaign. They face Portsmouth at Bramall Lane on Wednesday night and a victory, depending on the outcome of Oxford United’s clash with Norwich City 24 hours earlier, could lift them out of the bottom three.