For 10 games this season, talk of the P-word was banned around Bramall Lane. Points. Who wanted to predict how many Sheffield United would get? The D-word was not mentioned much either; Derby County, and their infamous record-low points tally of 11. Nobody wants to stoop lower than the Rams of 2007-08.
The Blades have finally cut through that “noise”, as Paul Heckingbottom described it, after a win that owed as much to fortune as it did the hosts’ fighting spirit. Thank goodness, for them, that James McAtee’s pass ricocheted off Toti Gomes to drop into Cameron Archer’s path for the opener. Thank goodness for Fábio Silva’s foolishness, bundling into George Baldock deep into stoppage-time to concede a penalty. Thank goodness VAR opted not to intervene.
