Sheffield United 3-3 Swansea City: Blades Drop More Points in Six-goal thriller | OneFootball

Sheffield United could only manage a point at home to Swansea City on Friday afternoon in a 3-3 draw despite holding a two-goal lead.

The Blades took the lead through Gustavo Hamer with a fine finish into the bottom corner. Zan Vipotnik quickly levelled the game from the penalty spot at the Kop end. A swift counter-attack from United saw Harrison Burrows race into the box and tuck the ball into the far left corner to restore United’s lead. Another fabulous finish this time from Tom Cannon gave the Blades a two-goal lead. But the visitors soon cancelled out that deficit with goals from Adam Idah and Eom Ji-Sung.

Lineups

Blades: A. Davies, Tanganga, Bindon, Hamer (T. Davies 79), O’Hare, Brooks (Cannon 58), Burrows, Seriki, Peck (Chong 87), Riedewald (Rothwell 58), Bamford.

Unused: Faxon, Arblaster, Hjelde, Hoever, Ogbene.

Swansea: Vigouroux, Cabango, Stamenic (Fulton 70), Widell (Ji-Sung 76), Yalcouye (Cullen 88), Vipotnik (Idah 70), Tymon, Burgess, Franco, Ward, Ronald (Nunes 58).

Unused: Fisher, Samuels-Smith, Walta, Parker.

First Half

After a quiet opening, it was Gustavo Hamer who broke the deadlock on 16 minutes. Picking up a neat pass from Sydie Peck, Hamer advanced unchallenged towards goal before calmly stroking the ball into the bottom corner to give Sheffield United the lead.

The advantage was short-lived. Just eight minutes later, Swansea were handed a route back into the game when Goncalo Franco was brought down by Blades goalkeeper Adam Davies inside the area. Up stepped Zan Vipotnik, who made no mistake from the penalty spot to level proceedings.

Swansea’s number nine had a golden chance to turn the game around before the break when he found himself through on goal, but he failed to capitalise. Instead, it was the Blades who finished the half on top. Patrick Bamford saw one effort deflected behind and another saved by Vigouroux, while Hamer missed an absolute sitter.

Second Half

The second half began at a frantic pace, with chances at both ends. Swansea came agonisingly close to taking the lead early on when Widell saw his goal-bound effort brilliantly cleared off the line by Tyler Bindon.

That proved a pivotal moment. Moments later, Sheffield United broke with purpose, and a sweeping counter-attack ended with Harrison Burrows firing into the bottom corner from Hamer’s perfectly weighted pass to restore the hosts’ lead.

United then extended their advantage through substitute Tom Cannon, who produced a moment of real quality with a superb curling effort from 25 yards that left the goalkeeper with no chance.

But Swansea refused to fold. On 75 minutes, substitute Adam Idah pulled one back after good work from Jay Fulton, sliding home from close range to set up a tense finale.

The visitors continued to push, with Nunes going close when he struck the side-netting. Their pressure eventually told when Eom Ji-Sung found the equaliser, finishing after Idah had outmuscled Burrows in the build-up.