LONDON (Reuters) - Sheffield United spoiled Manchester United's impressive lead and scored an injury-time 3-3 draw in the Red Devils on Sunday to lose a precious win that was just around the corner in the 13th round of the Premier League.
Sheffield looked set to win their first victory over the Red Devils since the first season of the Premier League when they beat them 2-1 on August 15, 1992, after a 2-0 lead, but the United players turned the table and returned from afar by scoring three goals. Within 8 minutes about a quarter of an hour before the end.
However, Sheffield refused to stop their unbeaten run in five stages, saving a point in stoppage time, lifting them to 18 points in sixth place, seven points behind fourth-placed Champions League qualifiers. Ninth place.
Sheffield led first with two goals from John Flick (19) and not Musset (52), before Manchester United scored three consecutive goals through Brandon Williams (72) and Mason Greenwood (77) and Marcus Rashford (79).
The Red Devils remained 3-2 up until the end of the match, but Sheffield snatched the equalizer in injury time after a confusion inside the area and a cross from Irish substitute Callum Robinson to the other Scottish substitute Ole McBurney, who dominated the ball before shooting at De Gea nets (1 + 90).
United players objected to the validity of the goal because they considered that McBurney touched the ball with his hand before shooting in the goal, but the referee confirmed the goal after the referee to the assistant video referee (Var).