There are days when you hold your hands up and say 'yep, we were beaten by the better side' and then there are days when you leave the stadium wondering how on earth Bristol City are walking away empty-handed.
On an evening when Nigel Pearson stood at the edge of his technical area soaked to the bone in the pouring rain, he would have been thinking the latter, like the majority of us who watched the action unfold.
That's the Championship for you. Sheffield United delivered one of the most uninspiring away performances seen at Ashton Gate this season but grabbed the all-important goal to end the evening in third spot, three points adrift of the top.
