Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder could not hide his disappointment after his side let slip a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 against Fulham at Bramall Lane. (More Football News)
The Blades led 3-1 with fꦍour minutes of regulation time remaining after Ben Brereton Diaz’s second-half double sandwiched Oli McBurnie’s effort.
Joao Palhinha had headed Fulham level after Brereton Diaz’s opener, while two stunning finishes ♏from substitute Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Rodrigo Muniz – the latter’s in stoppage time – rescued the Londoners a point.
Wilder, whose side had conceded 21 goal♍s in their four previous home matches, said: “When you score three goals at home in the Premier League, to only get a draw, I think that’s the disappointing aspect of it.
“Obviously ꦇthe narrative from everybody was home form, goals conc🍎eded and being out of the game after 25 minutes, so we had to make sure we did something about it.
“We had to get a foothold in the game,♍ so first base was reached at half-time and the message at half-time was we just needed to show a bit more quality, more belief, enjo🧸y the ball a little bit more, and they did.
“We scored three good goals from our point of view. T🎉he flip side is another set-piece has hurt us and then two incredible finishes get them something out of the game.”
Brereton Diaz and McBurnie, who had a second effort after the interval ruled out for offside,🍸 combined with deadly precision for the Blades’ 💜first two goals.
Wilder added: “I’m sure if we had been ableꦺ to stick those two together for a little bit more time we would have reaped the rewards o🌱f two really good players, who obviously have an understanding.”
Fulham head coach Marco Silva also admitted it had been a bitter-sweet afternoon for his side after they had dominated before Brereton Diaz’s 58tꦫh-minute openerꦦ.
Silva said: “I have to say it was an exciting game for sure for the people who were here, but I have 𝓀to be hones﷽t, it was a disappointing result for us. Clearly disappointing.
“When you are dominant from the first minute like we were, the team who created more clear chances t♌o win the game – it is disappointin🉐g.
“Of course the reaction, ♕I have to say, as a team it was fantastic. As a team we refused to lose this game because of the way we dom♉inated.
“We showed the quality to come back from 3-1, scoring two great goals and creating more chances even to win the game in theꦫ last minutes.”
Muniz struck the woodwork twice, eitherꦏ side of the interval, before Fulham fell behind and the Brazilian striker has no🐈w scored eight in as many top-flight appearances.
Silva added: “It was unlucky for him with tw💎o off the post, but he kept his composuꦚre and trusted in himself.
“He scored a great goal to help the team get a poiꦦnt and there’s much more to come from him.”
