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The Blades' win against the Tigers on Saturday wasn't without controversy

Sheffield United picked up their first victory in six Championship games on Saturday afternoon whilst somewhat denting Hull City's promotion chances in the process.

The Tigers hadn't done the double over their Yorkshire rivals for 73 years, and saw a golden chance to do exactly that slip away from their grasp in the dying minutes at Bramall Lane.

After earning a credible point against league leaders, Coventry City, at the MKM Stadium on Easter Monday, Sergej Jakirovic's team made the perfect start when Oli McBurnie latched onto Liam Millar's through ball following a loose pass from Joe Rothwell to haunt his former club on his return to this part of the Steel City.

That said, the Blades were the more dominant side in the latter stages of the first half and the second period as a whole, but the encounter certainly turned on its head with 15 minutes remaining as experienced midfielder, John Lundstram, was shown a second yellow card by John Brooks, for a foul on United winger, Andre Brooks, in the centre of the pitch.

This decision only increased the tension inside the stadium felt by both sets of supporters, with Hull, at this stage, seven points inside the play-offs due to Wrexham's clash with Birmingham City occurring on Sunday lunchtime.

A controversial penalty was then awarded 10 minutes later, with Hull substitute, Kyle Joseph, adjudged to have sent Jairo Riedewald to the ground amid a melee of players inside the box, which Gus Hamer confidently dispatched before Danny Ings completed a three-minute turnaround after replacing Mark McGuinness after the equaliser.

Given the manner of their 14th league defeat - one which looks to have ended any faint hopes of City's automatic promotion chances whilst leaving their play-off position still jeopardised -Jakirovic and McBurnie had plenty to say afterwards, and a fresh update has now emerged on the controversies.

Fresh update emerges on Sheffield United, Hull City controversies at Bramall Lane

According to a fresh update from Alan Nixon - via Patreon - the Tigers have been contacted by the PGMOL's Select Group 2 Manager and former referee, Kevin Friend, about Brookes' decision-making late on in the Yorkshire derby.

Having been shown a first caution less than 10 minutes beforehand for an off-pitch scuffle with McGuinness following the awarding of a Hull corner, Lundstram was shown his marching orders for a late challenge, although those of a Tigers perspective have put forward the case that the Liverpudlian's tackle was only done in such a manner as the official was initially blocking his run towards the ball.

McBurnie also said afterwards on the penalty award: "Then the penalty, we've just watched it back in there, we're still not sure who the foul is on.

"I asked the referee during the game who the foul was on, he said he didn't know and told me to go away," he added.

"Which is interesting as well, I don't know how you can give a foul if you're not sure who it's on.

"I don't really know what more I can say on the referee."

Chris Wilder and Jakirovic also faced a plethora of questions about Brookes' performance in their respective post-match press conferences, whilst Tigers owner, Acun Ilicali, also issued a passionate social media statement about City's sense of 'injustice', whilst also reacting to Lundstram's own social media post referencing the hostile reception he received from Blades fans.

Lundstram will now sit out Hull's home clash with Birmingham at the MKM Stadium as two yellow cards cannot be appealed, and the decisions have reportedly still left a sense of bitterness from the Tigers camp, even though Wrexham were eventually downed 2-0 at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park 24 hours later.

Hull City will be fired up after Sheffield United developments in promotion race

Despite the controversial ending to the game, it was no surprise that Jakirovic was still largely encouraged by his team's performance, believing that there will be no issues if the Tigers perform in a similar manner in their four remaining fixtures.

They are four points ahead of the Red Dragons, who have lost two matches in a row, and have back-to-back away matches against Leicester City and Charlton Athletic after their home clash with Blues.

Given the events at Bramall Lane and the drama which surrounded their 3-2 win in the West Midlands on October 18th, the Bosnian's team will hope to use their sense of injustice as fuel to earn a crucial three points in the race for the Premier League, where the club haven't been for nine years.