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Sheffield United now has five points from 18 games after claiming their first win of the season.
After 186 frustrating days, Sheffield United finally experienced a winning sensation that had not only abandoned them, but seemed to have packed up and left the country.
Billy Sharp’s penalty in the second half was enough to secure all three points against Newcastle on Tuesday night and give the last Premier League team the slightest hope that they can avoid a relegation they seemed to be heading for at one time. record.
The victory, Sheffield United’s first in 18 Premier League attempts this season, brought them to five points, more than double their previous tally and left them nine points from safety.
Wilder ‘delighted’ with Blades’ first win of the season
That’s still a sizable gap, and they’ve played at least one more game than their closest rivals, but Tuesday’s win has given United players something that seemed to have increasingly abandoned them: hope.
“It feels good,” said Blades boss Chris Wilder. “We should have had more results, we know that, but the performance was good.
“We play with the identity that has been the way we have played for the last few years.
“We’ve had a lot of close games and we’ll take it. I was looking for my car keys and taking up another sport if we throw it away in the extra time.”
How does it look at the bottom of the Premier League table? Can the Blades produce the great escape?
Sheffield United’s start has been the worst in a top-flight English season in history, even after this win, meaning they will still need to produce incredible change to make a great escape.
The lowest point total a team has stayed on top in a 38-game Premier League season is 34 – West Brom survived at that mark in 2005.
Season Team Games Earn Points 2004-05West Brom386342008-09Hull City388352009-10West Ham 388352019-20Aston Villa389351999-2000Bradford 38936
The Baggies’ six wins that season is also the lowest win total a team has had and still managed to hold on.
To reach even those goals, Sheffield United will need to score 29 points out of their 20 remaining games, a figure that in itself means they will likely need more than the Baggies’ six wins.
“Everyone has ruled us out, the pressure is down,” forward Sharp told Sky Sports.
“We haven’t had a great time the last few months, but now we have to hold our heads high. We are good enough to do it.”
West Brom fans invaded the pitch after their 2-0 win over Portsmouth sealed their unlikely survival on the final day in 2004-05. So the survival offer starts now?
It does, although United fans may want to savor Tuesday’s victory a bit more before reviewing their upcoming matches.
On Saturday he will host José Mourinho’s Tottenham before traveling to Premier League leaders Manchester United on Wednesday 27 January and then heading to Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City.
As the races progress, they are not much more difficult. But if they can achieve one or two shocking results, some may actually begin to believe that the seemingly impossible could happen.
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Source: bbc.com
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