Sheffield United striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppage-team equaliser to safe a 2-2 draw at dwelling to Chelsea in his facet’s battle for Premier League survival on Sunday.
The Blades stay backside of the desk on 16 factors with seven video games left, whereas Chelsea are ninth on 44 after extending their unbeaten run to seven league video games.
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For a very long time it seemed just like the hosts have been headed for one more defeat till McBurnie’s late strike.
United’s frailties have been uncovered within the eleventh minute when Chelsea defender Thiago Silva was left unmarked at a nook to steer dwelling, however Jayden Bogle levelled within the thirty second minute.
Gustavo Hamer sliced open the Blues defence with an excellent go to Bogle who beat goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic at his close to publish to immediate wild celebrations within the dwelling crowd.
United got here out strongly within the second half, creating a number of possibilities to take the lead, with McBurnie heading simply huge within the forty ninth and Hamer curling an effort into the facet netting with the skin of his boot 5 minutes later.
Nevertheless, United’s defence was caught flat-footed once more within the 66th minute when Cole Palmer discovered Noni Madueke, who reduce in from the best earlier than firing excessive into the online previous Ivo Grbic to place Chelsea again in entrance.
Once more, the Blades poured ahead and their perseverance paid off when McBurnie reacted quickest to a ball into the field three minutes into stoppage time, lashing it dwelling from shut vary.
The house facet had an awesome likelihood to seize all three factors late on, however did not profit from their numerical benefit on a late counter-attack and the sport completed in a draw.
“There’s nonetheless loads of video games to play and it about constructing on the performances. We’re not trying too far forward,” goal-scorer McBurnie mentioned in a post-match TV interview.
“Previous few video games, we now have been there or thereabouts. The boys put in glorious effort in opposition to Liverpool, and now it’s good to get one thing for the followers.”
After grabbing the winner within the eleventh minute of stoppage time in opposition to Manchester United in midweek, Chelsea have been introduced again to earth by then concession of a late equaliser.
“There may be some positives for positive, however that is our Achilles heel, the subsequent recreation after a prime end result – we’ve not been in a position to do properly in that division up to now,” a dejected Madueke mentioned in a TV interview.
