Chris Wilder was delighted with the way Sheffield United controlled the second half after keeping Blackburn Rovers at arm's length.
John Eustace's side failed to register a shot on target as their unbeaten run at Ewood Park came to an end. The Blades were good value for their win and particularly dominated after the interval.
Kieffer Moore could've easily added to Harrison Burrows' first-half strike, only to set-up Tyrese Campbell for the game-clinching goal. From then, Sheffield United didn't afford Rovers any clear-cut chances to get themselves back in the match.
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That was what impressed Sheffield United boss Wilder the most as he reflected on a ninth clean sheet in 13 games for his team.
"The second half really," Wilder reflected on what pleased him about the performance.
"We’re not two or three up and we didn’t deserve to be and Blackburn have had a couple of opportunities, more with us being loose around the middle of the park, giving away balls simply where we should have kept it a little bit more or made better decisions with the ball.
“The game wasn’t done. You’ve got to fight for everything, especially against a team that have won five out of six at home.
“They’re going to come for you but I thought we really quietened that noise by our dominant second-half performance.
“They’ve had one header, a shot that went wide from distance but apart from that, I can’t remember anything else. That’s the way the game goes. They are searching to get back into it, we have quality on the counter-attack.
“I’m not going to say it should have been this, that or the other. We’d have liked to have made it a little bit simpler for us in the last 10 minutes but we didn’t. But it wasn’t for the want of trying.”
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