Time to sign off – I’ll leave you with Ben Fisher’s report from another weird and wild night of Barclays. Goodnight, and happy Christmas if you’re celebrating.
Chris Wilder: “I’ve got mixed feelings! Delighted with the result, the structure of the team. I give the players an awful lot of credit for taking on so much information. I’m still learning about a lot of these players.”
“There were a hundred VAR checks, but we got a bit more of the ball. We thought we had it – smash and grab, whatever you want to call it – but wasn’t to be. We weren’t here to be cannon fodder, we said ‘break us down’. I’m not ashamed of that, they had won 15 in a row.”
I felt that bringing Wilder, who succeeded here before with a particular system and group of players, back in the middle of a relegation dogfight was a bit of a desperate move. But he has already made Sheffield United a much tougher proposition. Next up: Luton (H), Manchester City (A).
