Egan just two good as Blades cut loose
JOHN EGAN was happy to take the London bus gags after ending his long goal drought.
The big defender had not scored for 14 months but bagged two in 11 minutes to make it five games unbeaten for the resurgent Blades.
Delighted boss Slavisa Jokanovic said: “I’m happy for John – he took his goals well.
“We’re heading in the right direction but there’s still a lot of hard work ahead.”
Egan’s previous goal for the Blades came in a 1-0 win over Wolves last July.
But he put that right with headers from carbon copy Conor Hourihane corners to seal victory after a first-half opener from Billy Sharp, who also had a penalty saved.
The Blades failed to score in their first four matches but made it 11 goals in the last three.
Sharp marked his 300th appearance for the club by heading home in the 17th minute.
It took the Tigers half an hour to muster a decent shot, with Richie Smallwood’s long-range effort saved at the second attempt by Robin Olsen.
Sharp was brought down by Jacob Greaves a minute before the break but Matt Ingram saved his spot-kick.
Hull grabbed a late consolation through Keane Lewis-Potter.
Tigers boss Grant McCann said: “We came up against a very good team but that’s three or four games we’ve lost from set-plays this season and that’s a real kick in the teeth.”
Ingram 5; Coyle 4, Bernard 4, Greaves 3, Elder 4; Smallwood 4, Smith 5 (Cannon (46th) 4); Lewis-Potter 6, Moncur
5 (Smith (70th) 6), Wilks 5; Magennis 5 (Honeyman (46th) 5)
SHEFF UTD: Olsen 7; Baldock 7, Egan 9, Davies 8 (Basham 85th), Norrington-Davies 8; Gibbs-White 8, Hourihane 8 (Guedioura (65th) 6), Fleck 8, Osborn 8; Brewster 7, Sharp 8 (McBurnie
76th)
STAR MAN: John Egan
REF: D Whitestone