Victory masked major Manchester United issue that was present again vs Sheffield Utd

The travelling Manchester United fans packed into the Bramall Lane away end deserved their winner last night, having grown louder and stronger in mourning the passing of an icon.

Many of the 3,000-or-so Reds will have either been driving down the A57 or in a South Yorkshire pub when the family of Sir Bobby Charlton announced his death, aged 86, at around 4pm. They paid their tribute at the first available moment, a chorus of 'there's only one Bobby Charlton' ringing round the ground while the players warmed up.

And after 77 minutes of attritional football, Diogo Dalot paid a tribute of his own with a long-range strike Charlton would have been proud of. Scott McTominay's opener was equally as poignant as United close in on 87 years of naming an academy graduate in every matchday squad.

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They had been second best up until that point, put on the back foot by Paul Heckingbottom's decision to adopt a back-four. Sheffield United dominated the opening stages and confidence inside Bramall Lane was growing, but as McTominay's scuffed volley rippled the net, United were expected to go on and control the game.

Instead, they fell into an all too familiar trap and as McTominay dangled an arm out in the box, a penalty was inevitable and Oli McBurnie rifled in an equaliser from the spot. Control lost.

There were just six minutes between United taking the lead and relinquishing it, a common concern for Erik ten Hag. Six of their last 14 goals have been cancelled out within that timeframe.

In the 3-1 defeat at Arsenal before the first international break, Marcus Rashford's opener was cancelled out by Martin