Slavisa Jokanovic reveals his biggest disappointment as Sheffield United lose to Blackpool

Slavisa Jokanović admitted his Sheffield United side’s reaction to going 1-0 down to Blackpool today was “poor” as the Blades’ inconsistent season continued with defeat at Bramall Lane.
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United, who now haven’t won back-to-back games since January, followed up Sunday’s derby victory over Barnsley with a 1-0 defeat to Blackpool, thanks to Keshi Anderson’s second-half strike.

United should have been ahead before them, Iliman Ndiaye seeing a goal ruled out for offside before missing a good chance before Daniel Grimshaw denied Morgan Gibbs-White and Lys Mousset hit the bar.

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Blackpool players and fans celebrate their winner against Sheffield United: Alistair Langham / SportimageBlackpool players and fans celebrate their winner against Sheffield United: Alistair Langham / Sportimage
Blackpool players and fans celebrate their winner against Sheffield United: Alistair Langham / Sportimage

And Jokanović admitted: “We must be disappointed. We played good football for 72 minutes and created a lot of things before one mistake. The reaction after the goal was poor, we didn’t have the power to change our story.

“I don’t remember [Blackpool] creating something to score the goal, we created a lot of things. We are in some kind of process but the process is now a few months. I believe we were better than Blackpool but in one situation we lost.

“It's not easy and people in the stadium are not satisfied but I must encourage my people to keep going. They played good football but it wasn’t enough today.”

Jokanović has urged his players to turn up for the full 90 minutes.

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“It’s not enough for the Sheffield United supporters, I accept, but the process must not stop. I expect we will show more reaction and play a complete game, not some part of the game like today.”

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