'Something missing' - Chris Wilder makes frank admission after Sheffield United's loss to Norwich City
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder conceded there appears to be something missing in his side after their 2-1 defeat to Norwich City.
After being held to a 1-1 draw by West Bromwich Albion at the weekend, the Blades were determined to bounce back with a midweek win.
They made the journey to Carrow Road to take on Norwich City last night (March 11), only to end up dropping more points.
Jairo Riedewald fired the Blades ahead before goals from Jack Stacey and Amankwah Forson reversed the deficit.
Chris Wilder’s verdict
Wilder said: “It feels there’s something missing at the moment that we can’t put a finger on – and we need to find answers to that quickly.
“It’s not been good enough tonight and we have been punished by a good side who are in a false position in the table.
“The two goals we conceded were ridiculously poor ones but you could see it coming. In fairness to Norwich they were better than us in the second half and their subs impacted the game much more than ours did.
“We were in a good place after scoring our goal and I think we created more good chances than they did.
“But after going ahead we just didn’t look after the ball well enough. We kept turning it over and that helped Norwich get back into it.”
The Norwich City view
Norwich have been decimated by injuries yet are still making huge stries under head coach Philippe Clement, who succeeded Liam Manning in November.
Clement said: “We have 14 or 15 players out – I don’t count now – and for the players to get that result, in the manner they did, shows how involved all our squad are in what we are achieving.
“We were up against a side in good form, with a big squad to choose from and came away with a very important win.
“We were a bit sloppy early on, we weren’t playing our normal football and at half-time it was a case of telling the players to calm down and remind them what they were doing well and telling them what they should be doing better.
“We were unlucky not to score in the latter stages of the first half and in the second half we showed a lot of quality, created a lot of chances and scored two good goals. It’s another example of the progress we are making.”