Sheffield United 0-5 Brighton & Hove Albion - Five-star visitors thrash Blades in style in Premier League clash
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Updated 18/02/2024 at 17:26 GMT
To say that Sheffield United's Premier League encounter with Brighton & Hove Albion at Bramall Lane on Sunday was one-sided would be an understatement as the visitors stormed to a 5-0 victory in empathic fashion. The Blades were reduced to 10 men when Mason Holgate was shown the red card, but Brighton still did everything possible to pile misery on their hosts.
Simon Adingra of Brighton and Hove Albion celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 0-5 during the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Brighton & Hove Albion at Bramall Lane
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Brighton moved up to seventh in the Premier League table with a comprehensive 5-0 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
The task for the visitors was made easier when the hosts were reduced to 10 men after just 13 minutes, when Mason Holgate was shown a red card for a poor tackle on Kaoru Mitoma.
Brighton dominated thereafter, with the game played almost exclusively in the Sheffield United half.
Two quick goals after the sending off, from Facundo Buonanotte and Danny Welbeck, put the result beyond doubt; an own goal from Jack Robinson and a brace from Simon Adringa in the final 20 minutes completed the rout.
Sheffield United remain on the bottom of the table and have now conceded more goals after 25 games than any team in Premier League history.
Talking Point - Can Brighton stay in Europe?
The performances of Roberto de Zerbi’s team in the Premier League this season have run alongside their maiden season in Europe; a pioneering journey for the club, and one that is still in swing.
Brighton have taken to the European game with ease. They topped a UEFA Europa League group containing Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens, and will be a dangerous floater in the draw for the formal knockout rounds, which will take place on Friday.
Sunday's victory moved Brighton up to seventh in the league, and if they stay there then they should be assured of another run in European competition next season. Brighton are upwardly mobile at home and abroad, and their strategic approach is paying off handsomely.
Player of the Match – Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion)
After being on the end of a poor tackle early in the game, Mitoma bounced back to turn in a devastating performance down the left for Brighton. He gave Jayden Bogle a torrid afternoon, going past him at will, and was instrumental in two of Brighton’s goals.
Player Ratings
Sheffield United: Foderingham 6; Bogle 5, Holgate 4, Ahmedhodzic 6, Robinson 6, Larouci 5; Osborn 6, Hamer 5, Souza 6, McAtee 7, Osula 6
SUBS: Trusty 6, Brewster 6, Norwood 6, Davies 5, Brooks 6
Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen 6; Van Hecke 7, Dunk 7, Webster 6; Gross 7, Buonanotte 7, Gilmour 7, Lamptey 6; Adingra 8, Mitoma 8; Welbeck 7
SUBS: Igor Julio 6, Moder 6, Ferguson 6, Estupinan 6, Fati 6
Match Highlights
13' RED CARD! Quite right; it was over the top of the ball, by so much it caught Mitoma on the knee. Holgate departs, and his team are right under it now.
20' GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 1 (BUONANOTTE 20) From the corner, Gross lobs it up to the back post where Dunk rises to head it down into the six yard box. From close range Buonanotte gets a touch to poke it through a crowd of defenders.
24' GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2 (WELBECK 24) Could this get ugly? Gross lobs a lofted cross to the back post, where Mitoma is totally unmarked. He tries to volley a cross to Buonanotte, Foderingham palms it out, and Welbeck is on hand to boom the rebound high into the net from close range.
75' GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3 (ROBINSON O.G. 75) Sheffield United wilt at last. After another enless passing sequence Brighton work it to Mitoma on the left. He shifts it past Bogle and whips a ball to the front post; Robinson pokes a leg out, and puts it straight into his own goal.
78' GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 4 (ADINGRA 78) It's another! Gross fires in a cross from the right, where Adingra meets it ten yards out with a sweet, hooked volley that flies in at the near post. What a time he's having.
86' GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 5 (ADINGRA 86) It's another one, and the hosts have gone here. Adingra gets the ball in the right of the area and shoots; it catches a wild deflection, and loops over Foderingham into the far corner. His initial shot was on target, so I think Adingra will get it.
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