Bristol City 3-0 Sheffield United: Speed blasts his 'unprofessional' Blades after lacklustre City defeat

Brett Pitman profited from two first-half penalties to put City in command and the visitors' problems worsened when Richard Cresswell received a straight red card for fouling Marvin Elliott just before the break.

"Decisions have gone against us this season," said Speed. "But to concede two penalties and have a man sent off is unprofessional and we showed a lack of discipline at times. I thought the first penalty was the correct decision. The second was more debatable because their lad has hit a shot from about a yard away from our defender, who was judged to have handled it.

"The sending-off was silly. It may have looked harsh, but Cresswell went in with two feet raised and you cannot do that in the modern game.

"You see tackles like that punished with red cards on television every week. Even at 2-0 down I fancied us to get something, but going down to 10 men made it impossible.Irrespective of the decisions, we didn't play well enough. Bristol City were the better team throughout and when that happens you have to roll up your sleeves and really battle."

Pitman fired City ahead from the first penalty on six minutes after David Clarkson had been brought down by Leon Britton.

It was the same story on 32 minutes when Pitman fired past Steve Simonsen from 12 yards after Stephen Jordan was adjudged to have blocked Liam Fontaine's shot with an arm.Cresswell's lunge into Elliott left the Blades with an uphill battle in the second half and they fell further behind on 62 minutes when Jamie McAllister's right-wing corner floated in at the far post without anyone getting a touch. The dangerous Albert Adomah clipped the outside of a post for City early in the second half and it was not until stoppage time that United threatened as Ched Evans saw a 30-yard drive rebound off the crossbar.

Simonsen made fine late saves from Adomah and Clarkson.

Bristol City: James, Ribeiro (Johnson 53), Caulker, Fontaine, McAllister, Adomah (Campbell-Ryce 77), Elliott (Cisse 73), Skuse, Rose, Pitman, Clarkson. Unused ubstitutes: Stewart, Haynes, Gerken, Jackson.

Sheff Utd: Simonsen, Lowton, Bartley, Nosworthy, Jordan (Taylor 34), Reid (Calve 79), Montgomery, Britton, Quinn (Ertl 61), Cresswell, Evans. Unused substitutes: Kozluk, Batth, Wright, Slew.

Referee: P Miller (Bedfordshire).

Man of the Match: Albert Adomah.

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