Sheffield United 0 Manchester City 1 - player ratings

In the end, keeping a Manchester City side who started the game so well down to 1-0 was a decent achievement for the Blades, but they are still searching for their first win of the season.

The second half was much better as they applied pressure to Guardiola's men, but without a breakthrough.

Chief football writer Stuart Rayner rates the individual performances.

Aaron Ramsdale – made plenty of good saves to keep City at bay 8

George Baldock – got forward well in the second half 7

Chris Basham – unsurprisingly struggled with Raheem Sterling's pace at times in the first half but along with Baldock he tried to take the game to City after the interval 6

John Egan – helped keep the visitors to one goal in a rampant first 30 minutes 6

Enda Stevens – did a decent job in an unfamiliar position 6

Max Lowe – found himself playing full-back in the first half and even as the Blades got forward more, it was funnelled down the other side 6

Sander Berge – always the most likely creator for the Blades, his crosses did not always find a team-mate but he laid on his side's one big chance 7

Ethan Ampadu – loose in possession at times as he tried to make things happen 5

Ben Osborn – struggled to make an impact, but he was not alone in that 5

Oli McBurnie – not an easy game for attacking players 5

Rhian Brewster – helped out in midfield when he could and won headers when the Blades went long 6

Substitutes:

John Lundstram (for Osborn, 55) – had the chance to equalise and could not 5

Oliver Norwood (for Ampadu, 65) – passed the ball better than Ampadu had 6

David McGoldrick (for Lowe, 81) – N/A.

Not used: Sharp, Burke,, Robinson, Verrips.

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