Not going Wild with rage at draw
Aguero added his name to the growing list of Manchester City penalty sinners this season but it didn’t matter as Jesus replaced him and bagged the only goal with 10 minutes left.
It was far from a scintillating display from Pep Guardiola’s men but they wi l l take conf idence f rom a sol id
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder played down any feelings of disappointment after his team dropped points in their pursuit of a top-four finish.
The Blades had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Brighton.
Wilder’s men looked like they were on their way to matching Chelsea’s win against Spurs earlier in the day when Enda Stevens blasted them in front. However, Neal Maupay, a summer transfer target for the Blades, quickly equalised.
And Wilder said: “It’s only a slight
performance away to a side one place below them in the table.
The win also provided a timely boost just days before their trip to face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The only sore point was their inability to score from the spot again.
Guardiola said: “We have missed four penalties in a row but maybe we wi l l score a
tinge of disappointment. The players couldn’t have given me any more.”
Burnley moved up to eighth with a 3- 0 win over Bournemouth thanks to goals from Matej Vydra, Jay Rodriguez and Dwight McNeil in a game tinged with more VAR drama.
There was early use of the review when the Cherries had a Josh King effort chalked off.
And the game was to turn on a remarkable minute of VAR reviewed action on the hour. Burnley appealed for a penalty, arguing that Adam Smith had handled a McNeil cross, and the resulting counter- attack ended with Callum Wilson feeding Harry Wilson to score.
But VAR ruled that Smith had indeed handled – cancelling out the Bournemouth goal and awarding Burnley a penalty which Rodriguez converted to make it 2- 0.
Patrick van Aanholt’s superb first-half free-kick saw Crystal Palace beat Newcastle 1- 0.
John
Fleck admits was it a no-brainer a new to sign three- year deal with Sheffield United.
The Scotland
Blades midfielder joined in 201 6 from the a free Coventr y City transfer when on League the club
One and was in has savoured to the Premier their rise Former League top six. Rangers kid amazing Fleck said: club, one “It is an I always wanted be part of going to “I’ve really forward. enjoyed my time so I didn’t see here any reason why I wouldn’t want to stay here.”