Millwall v Sheffield United: Story of the game as Blades' unbeaten run ends at The Den

Sheffield United suffered a rare defeat in their promotion push as they lost 1-0 to Millwall at The Den.
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United pulled off another impressive result in midweek when they beat play-off rivals Blackburn Rovers in injury time, but Millwall halted their momentum to register their fourth straight victory.

Millwall v Sheffield United

as Gordon’s cross from the right gives him a chance to peel off and hit it first time on the volley - but he’s leaning back and can’t keep it down

and it’s that man Cooper who scores again against the Blades - rising highest to get his head to a back-post free-kick given away by Norrington-Davies and the home side lead at The Den just after the hour mark

as a shot slips through Foderingham’s grasp, Millwall can’t quite force it over the line and it remains goalless

Almost a freak opener

for the Blades as Jack Robinson’s mishit cross arrows towards the Millwall goal, Bialkowski tips it over and it’s a corner to the Blades - it’s played short, Ndiaye mishits his pass terribly and Millwall break, which ends when Baldock brings down his man cynically just outside his own area and gets booked

and a pretty dull first 45 minutes comes to an end

for shoving Malone in the chest after he wiped out Baldock near the right touchline, Hourihane takes the resulting free-kick but curls it right on top of the Millwall net

Egan gets up highest

at the back post to head Hourihane’s cross goalwards, but it’s easy for Bialkowski in the home goal to cling on to

Concern for the Blades

as Baldock goes down for some treatment, young Joe Starbuck must have been wondering if it was his time from the bench - but after some treatment, Baldock is up and carries on for now

as Hourihane is adjudged to have fouled Saville, Wallace takes the free-kick in a good position ... and it’s a cross/shot by the looks of things that just evades everyone in the middle and bounces wide of Foderingham’s goal

after Gordon and Baldock combined down the right, Baldock beat his man with a bit of trickery and crossed for Sharp but Cooper got across to boot it clear

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