Battle of Bramall Lane sees FOUR red cards, 25-player brawl and a 98th-minute winner!
BLACKPOOL will appeal striker Shayne Lavery’s sending off after the final whistle — one of four red cards on a madcap afternoon at Bramall Lane.
Oliver Norwood grabbed a point with a 98th-minute equaliser after substitute Rhian Brewster saw his late penalty hit the post as nine-man Blackpool looked set to hang on to seal a famous comefrom-behind win.
Lavery was wrestled to the ground by Sheffield United keeper Wes Foderingham, who also saw red as punches were thrown in a 25-player melee.
Seasiders boss Michael Appleton said: ‘I understand the two sendings-off during the game but the one afterwards, Shayne was wrestled to the ground, so we’ll look at it and see if we can get a better outcome than the one the referee has come up with.’
Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom said: ‘I just saw them both on the floor. The lads were grappling and their staff didn’t seem to think anything had happened but the referee saw two players on the floor so he thought they were fighting. We’ll have a look at it.
‘I’m not going to sit here and moan about the referee. Should we have won the game? Yes. We’ve created enough chances to have won but we’ve not taken them, that’s why we’ve not won. I’m not going to hide behind the referee.’
United were 2-0 up within 25 minutes after James McAtee scored his first senior goal since joining on loan from Manchester City. Iliman Ndiaye doubled the lead on 24 minutes.
A Jerry Yates double before the break for the visitors levelled the scores before Kenneth Dougall put the visitors ahead. Norwood hit a late equaliser for the Blades.