Sheffield United overcame 10-man Sunderland this evening, winning 2-1 under the Bramall Lane floodlights. Paul Heckingbottom’s side were made to work hard for the points, despite playing around an hour with a man advantage following Dan Neil’s first-half red card.
Sunderland had been bright from the first minute, cheered on by a vocal following form the North East. They started on the front-foot, going toe-to-toe with a side that don’t give much away at Bramall Lane, making that red card a touch harder to take.
Alex Neil’s side were inches away from getting Ross Stewart into goalscoring positions early on, with the towering striker also pulling a shot wide of Wes Foderingham’s right-hand post.
The threat from Sheffield United was quite flat in comparison to that. Rhian Brewster had shots on and off target, whilst Oliver Norwood drove the ball into the head of the brave Luke O’Nien.