Sheffield United 1-3 Nottingham Forest: Analysis
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For 45 minutes, this was one of Sheffield United's best performances of the season.
Chris Wilder's already-relegated side overran Nottingham Forest for much of the first half and with some better decision making or more clinical finishing they could have been out of sight.
Instead, with a defence that went into the game having conceded at least two goals in their last nine games, every missed chance made it feel more and more inevitable that they would be punished.
So it proved. That run of two or more goals conceded went from nine to 10 games and when Forest scored their third, the Blades had a share of an unwanted Premier League record.
They have now conceded 100 league goals this season, equalling Swindon Town in 1993-94 - and the Robins' record came in a 42-game league campaign.
Chances spurned at one end, goals leaked at the other. For all that the first-half promised, this became just another frustrating game for the Blades - and one that sums up why they find themselves at the foot of the table.
