Bristol City 1-1 Sheffield United: Blades fight back to take point

Bristol City have taken five points from their past three matches

Play-off-chasing Sheffield United battled back to claim a point in an exciting encounter at Bristol City.

The away side had much the better of it in the first half but it was the home side who took the lead against the run of play after the break when Chris Martin slotted in from Antoine Semenyo's low centre.

Morgan Gibbs-White levelled for United with an acrobatic volley after Dan Bentley had parried Enda Stevens' initial shot.

Both teams pushed on in search of a winning goal but a draw was ultimately a fair result as the injury-hit Blades stayed sixth.

Paul Heckingbottom's men are one point ahead of seventh-placed Millwall, having played the same amount of games.

He will have felt his side should have gone in ahead at the break, with Gibbs-White forcing a smart save from Dan Bentley in the home goal and Iliman Ndiaye blazing over when he should have scored after being played in on goal.

Bentley was then instrumental in the home side's goal. After saving from Jack Robinson's header, he launched the ball down the pitch for Semenyo, who beat indecisive Chris Basham out wide before sliding the ball across the face of goal for the onrushing Martin to put it away.

Semenyo missed a chance to make it 2-0 when his fierce shot from Andreas Weimann's pass flew over the crossbar from the edge of the area.

Gibbs-White, who has been forced into an unfamiliar striker role with the Blades missing the injured Billy Sharp and Oli McBurnie, equalised with a brilliant finish from 10 yards but it was the home side who then had the better opportunities to win it.

Substitute Nahki Wells dragged a shot wide from 18 yards when he should have slid Weimann in on goal as the Blades ultimately settled for a point.