Watford 0-2 Sheffield United: Bamford Brace Inspires Blades
Sheffield United secured back-to-back victories after beatìng Watford 2-0 at Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon.The Blades had to wait until the second half to draw first blood when an attempted Gus...
Watford 0-2 Sheffield United: Bamford Brace Inspires Blades Sheffield United secured back-to-back victories after beatìng Watford 2-0 at Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon. The Blades had to wait until the second half to draw first blood when an attempted Gustavo Hamer shot inadvertently cannoned off Patrick Bamford and squirmed into the bottom corner. If the first had a touch of fortune, the second was purely sublime.
Some good combination play released Femi Seriki down the right and from the byline he played a low cross in towards Bamford who flicked the ball expertly into the far bottom corner. Lineups Watford: Selvik, Goglichidze, Pollock, Louza, Doumbia (Kjerrumgaard 71), Mendy (Bove 81), Abankwah, Petris, Kayembe (Nabizada 58), Maamma (Chakvetadze 58), Irankunda (Bola 71). Unused: Baxter, Ngakia, Ince, Baah.
Blades: A. Davies, Tanganga, Hamer (Ings 67), O’Hare (Bindon 76), Brooks (Chong 60), Burrows, McGuinness, Seriki, Riedewald (Peck 67), Bamford, Rothwell (Arblaster 76). Unused: Faxon, Hjelde, Cannon, Hoever.
First Half Riedewald showed sharp awareness to win possession on the halfway line early on, quickly feeding Callum O’Hare. The attacking midfielder drove forward with intent before slipping the ball into the path of Andre Brooks, whose low effort was comfortably gathered by Watford goalkeeper Selvik. Brooks remained heavily involved and on 17 minutes his intelligent ball over the top released Patrick Bamford.