{"id":39474,"date":"2022-02-10T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=39474"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:02:19","slug":"sheffield-united-seal-their-fourth-straight-win-after-beating-west-bromwich-albion-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/sheffield-united-seal-their-fourth-straight-win-after-beating-west-bromwich-albion-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United seal their fourth straight win after beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sheffield United welcomed Steve Bruce\u2019s West Bromwich Albion to Bramall Lane for a late kick-off in the Championship yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield United have won three of their last five games, West Brom on the other hand have dropped a total of 11 points in their five last games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manager Paul Heckingbottom made four changes to his team, starting Baldock, McGoldrick, Robinson and Hourihane and dropping Fleck, Berge and Norrington-Davies to the bench. Davies missed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his first match as manager, Steve Bruce also made five changes to his side after their 0-2 defeat against Preston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to kick-off, former Sheffield United Mark Duffy, known as the \u201cBounce Slayer\u201d, was brought out on the pitch in front of 26,541 supporters and received a great reception from the home fans, whilst a clip of his goal in the derby at Hillsborough was shown on the big screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was West Brom who made the stronger start but a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gainst the run of play Sheffield United captain and number 10, Billy Sharp, took the lead 22 minutes in, after a lovely bit of build-up play involving McGoldrick and Baldock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United and Sharp thought they had doubled their lead, after a brilliant pass from central midfielder Conor Hourihane, but the celebration was cut short by an offside decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nightmare continued for West Brom when their central midfielder Jake Livermore was shown a straight red after a scissor tackle on Hourihane five minutes before half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Brom&#8217;s goalkeeper, Johnstone, made two great saves in the first minutes of the second half, keeping West Brom in the game and denying the Blades a second goal to kill the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David McGoldrick went down injured in the 67<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> minute and had to come off shortly after, replaced by Oliver MacBurnie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manager Heckingbottom said in the post-match press conference that the striker had: \u201cDone something to his thigh\u201d and that they don\u2019t know the extent of the injury but that it: \u201clooks serious given how he pulled up\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Billy Sharp doubled United\u00b4s lead in the 81<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> minute with a curled effort into Johnstone\u00b4s corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the second goal West Brom created few chances and United were awarded their fourth straight win which puts them right in the play-off mix in 10th place moving above West Brom, with games in hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sheffield United:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Foderingham, Baldock, Basham, Sharp (Berge 90\u201d), Egan, Norwood, McGoldrick (McBurnie 68\u201d), Robinson, Bogle, Hourihane, Ndiaye (Gibbs-White 68\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Unused:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Davies, Fleck, Goode, Norrington-Davies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>West Brom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Johnstone, Furlong (O\u00b4Shean 86\u201d), Townsend, Ajayi, Livermore, Diangana (Mulumby 45\u201d), Carroll, Clarke, Grant, Reach, Mowatt (Robinson 78\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Unused:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Button, Kipre, Tulloch, Gardner-Hickman<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United welcomed Steve Bruce\u2019s West Bromwich Albion to Bramall Lane for a late kick-off in the Championship yesterday. 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