Michael Cooper leads way as Sheffield United show more character than quality to claim away win
Sheffield United showed bagfulls of character to claim a 2-1 win at Blackburn Rovers.
Individually, the Blades players were not at their best, but collectively they found something to come from behind and collect a valuable win.
Michael Cooper – some crucial second-half saves to preserve the victory 8
Hamza Choudhury – a vital goalline clearance was his last touch 7
Japhet Tanganga – booked for a thumping tackle 6
Liam Kitching – closed down the strikers well at times 6
Rhys Norrington-Davies – played a complicated role as left-sided centre-back before making way at the interval 6
Sam McCallum – was trying to be in two different positions at once at time, but did pretty well 6
Sydie Peck – a real mixed bag of a performance, but his skilful intervention decided the match 7
Joe Rothwell – involved in both the Blades goals 7
Romelle Donovan – worked hard in a midfield role 6
Tom Cannon – brilliant finish to put their side back into it 7
Ben Brereton Diaz – took plenty of stick off his old fans 6
Substitutes:
Tyrese Campbell (for Norrington-Davies, HT) – not entirely convincing when played through 5
Matt Doherty (for Choudhury 58) – did a solid job at right-back 5
Kalvin Phillips (for Rothwell, 58) – just put his foot on the ball, which was what the situation demanded 6
Oliver Arblaster (for Donovan, 67) – came on and worked hard, supplementing Phillips nicely 5
Jamal Baptiste (for Brereton Diaz, 82) – N/A
Not used: Ayew, Davies, Riedewald, Bamford.