Nigel Pearson admitted his frustration at failing to pull off their first back-to-back victories of the season although admitted they gave everything to pull off three points.
Bristol City were clinging on by the skin of their teeth in the opening 45 minutes as Sheffield United flexed their muscles in a dominant showing and perhaps felt fortunate to go in at half-time level.
Keeper Dan Bentley in particular would have breathed a huge sigh of relief on two occasions when he was caught wildly out of possession but he did make a great save to deny a header in the opening 10 minutes.
