{"id":33218,"date":"2021-03-04T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33218"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:38:06","slug":"sheffield-united-avoid-unwanted-record-with-villa-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/04\/sheffield-united-avoid-unwanted-record-with-villa-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United avoid unwanted record with Villa win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten-man Sheffield United ensured they will not go down in history as the Premier League\u2019s worst ever side with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades clinched a narrow victory courtesy of a close-range strike from David McGoldrick, and Chris Wilder\u2019s side surpassed Derby County\u2019s points tally of 11 in the 2007\/08 season with the win.<\/p>\n<p>Despite finishing within touching distance of European football last season, a lengthy list of injuries and even lengthier patches of poor form have rooted the club to the bottom of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>The win has taken Sheffield United to 14 points, ahead of the infamous Derby side and within a point of the Sunderland side that went down in 2006.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33231\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33231\" class=\"wp-image-33231 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Blades-infographic-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Sheffield United&#8217;s Shoreham Kop<br \/>(Credit: Mark Hawksworth, Wikimedia Commons \/ https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pitchside.at.bramall.lane1.jpg)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The hosts headed into the game having not tasted victory in the league for over a month, with their last Premier League win coming on 2 February against West Bromwich Albion.<\/p>\n<p>McGoldrick\u2019s goal was his sixth of the campaign, and the experienced forward impressed as Sheffield United\u2019s most creative outlet until he was substituted with 73 minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Blades drew first blood, it was Villa that enjoyed most of the possession in the second-half after the hosts lost Phil Jagielka to a red card.<\/p>\n<p>VAR intervened to dismiss the veteran defender, who had initially been shown a yellow card for a challenge on Anwar El Ghazi by referee Rob Jones. 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