Oli McBurnie scored his fourth goal in five games to help Sheffield United produce one of the comfortable football scores of the weekend in the Championship. Iliman Ndiaye opened the scoring in the 40th minute before McBurnie doubled their advantage in the 75th minute. Sheffield United won their fourth league game in a row while their unbeaten run extends to eight.
Managers Reaction
Preston’s Ryan Lowe: “The result was tough to take, but I thought we played some fantastic stuff. We got done from a long ball at the top end of the pitch. We don’t clear our lines and we leave it to a goalscorer, who finds a way to get it into the back of our net. We’re disappointed because we played a lot of good stuff against the leaders. Once again, we couldn’t find that ruthless edge.”
Sheffield United’s Paul Heckingbottom: “We wanted to be better in the second half than we were in the first. I think our goal woke us up, to be honest. We were lethargic in the first half and weren’t aggressive as we normally are. We were second to things and that’s what we needed to improve. All of them will be disappointed with the first half, but they were better in the second half. There were some people who applied themselves all the way through to the levels that we expect and what we want, but it wasn’t a lack of effort, it was more that we didn’t show the same intensity in the first half. The best part of the game for us in the first half was the last five minutes. We know we needed to be better in the second half and we were. We were strong in the end, it was a strong away performance.”
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