Sheffield United 3-3 Swansea City: Blades Drop More Points in Six-goal thriller
Sheffield United 3-3 Swansea City: Blades Drop More Points in Six-goal thriller Sheffield United could only manage a point at home to Swansea City on Friday afternoon in a 3-3 draw despite holding a two-goal lead. The Blades took the lead through Gustavo Hamer with a fine finish into the bottom corner. Zan Vipotnik quickly levelled the game from the penalty spot at the Kop end.
A swift counter-attack from United saw Harrison Burrows race into the box and tuck the ball into the far left corner to restore United’s lead. Another fabulous finish this time from Tom Cannon gave the Blades a two-goal lead. But the visitors soon cancelled out that deficit with goals from Adam Idah and Eom Ji-Sung.
Lineups Blades: A. Davies, Tanganga, Bindon, Hamer (T. Davies 79), O’Hare, Brooks (Cannon 58), Burrows, Seriki, Peck (Chong 87), Riedewald (Rothwell 58), Bamford.
Unused: Faxon, Arblaster, Hjelde, Hoever, Ogbene. Swansea: Vigouroux, Cabango, Stamenic (Fulton 70), Widell (Ji-Sung 76), Yalcouye (Cullen 88), Vipotnik (Idah 70), Tymon, Burgess, Franco, Ward, Ronald (Nunes 58). Unused: Fisher, Samuels-Smith, Walta, Parker.
First Half After a quiet opening, it was Gustavo Hamer who broke the deadlock on 16 minutes. Picking up a neat pass from Sydie Peck, Hamer advanced unchallenged towards goal before calmly stroking the ball into the bottom corner to give Sheffield United the lead. The advantage was short-lived.