Paul Heckingbottom frustrated as Sheffield United not given late penalty

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom was frustrated at a late penalty not being given after his side drew 0-0 with fellow promotion hopefuls Bournemouth at Bramall Lane.

The game was played at a frantic pace despite the endless number of fouls given, but neither side could break the deadlock.

Lloyd Kelly came close to putting the ball past his own goalkeeper twice. Luckily for the Bournemouth man, the ball did not end up in the back of the net.

In added time in the first half, Morgan Gibbs-White played a lovely one-two with Oli McBurnie. The former received the ball in the penalty area, but Mark Travers’ strong hand kept the scores level.

Gibbs-White was afforded the best chance of the match up to that point when a Nathaniel Phillips slip allowed the midfielder through on goal. Travers did brilliantly to make himself big and pulled off a very strong save.

The Blades were denied a late penalty when Gibbs-White went down in the box but the loud appeals from the home side were waved away.

With practically the last kick of the game, Filip Uremovic sent his half-volley wide of the goal which left the majority of Bramall Lane with their hands on their heads.

Heckingbottom said: “Proud of the performance. We’re frustrated – we all are. We think it’s two points dropped; it’s a point closer to where we want to be.

“In terms of the game, we did enough to win it. I’ll take the positives out of it against a very good side – them and Fulham are certainly the two best attacking sides.

“We had the big chances, so we are disappointed that we didn’t get the three. But the application of the players and the desire to go and try and win the game was there.

“Everyone told me (in regards to the penalty appeal) but I’ve seen it back