Luckless teenager Oliver Arblaster scored an own goal as Sheffield United were shoved another step closer to the Championship after a 2-0 defeat at Brentford.
Arblaster, making only his fifth Premier League start, held his head in his hands after inadvertently turning the ball past goalkeeper Ivo Grbic in the second half. Substitute Frank Onyeka added a second with time ticking down on both the match and the Blades’ stay in the top flight. Another defeat – their 22nd of the season – leaves Chris Wilder’s men 10 points adrift of safety with only six games remaining.
Sergio Reguilon headed an early Mads Roerslev cross over and Yanelt sidefooted the ball straight into the arms of Grbic. Brentford’s best chance of the first half arrived nine minutes before the break and it was all of Sheffield United’s making. Auston Trusty’s ball out from the back was straight to Bryan Mbeumo, who quick as a flash sent Neal Maupay through on goal. But the French striker was stretching as he prodded the ball past the onrushing Grbic and it rolled agonisingly wide of the post.
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