{"id":4932,"date":"2026-01-01T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:18:08","slug":"sheffield-united-3-1-leicester-city-blades-overcome-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=4932","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United 3-1 Leicester City: Blades overcome Foxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chris Wilder&#8217;s side had raced into a three-goal lead on their way to a 3-2 triumph at the King Power Stadium five weeks ago \u2013 and they were just as dominant in the opening half-hour this time, although with less reward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andre Brooks posed a threat from the right flank, cutting inside to set up two early opportunities for Patrick Bamford, both of which were dealt with by Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The visitors had to withstand several spells of pressure and Brooks went close himself, spearing an awkward chance over the bar after Leicester struggled to clear Sam McCallum&#8217;s corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The breakthrough eventually arrived from another McCallum corner as Tanganga timed his run perfectly, soaring above ex-Blade Luke Thomas and burying the header beyond the helpless Stolarczyk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leicester struggled for any meaningful response, a hopeful 35-yard effort by Abdul Fatawu \u2013 who had just been booked for a dive \u2013 drifting wide of Michael Cooper&#8217;s right-hand post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United doubled their advantage when Brooks won possession on the touchline and darted into the Foxes&#8217; penalty area, smuggling the ball across for Cannon to lash a low finish into the net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The visitors built some promising attacks without ever seriously threatening a recovery and failed to get a shot on target until the second minute of injury time, when substitute Jordan Ayew set up James to fire past Cooper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By then, the Blades were three goals to the good after Femi Seriki nipped behind two defenders to reach Oliver Arblaster&#8217;s lofted pass and cut it across for O&#8217;Hare to stab home his seventh goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sheffield United are at home to next-to-bottom Oxford United in a lunchtime kick-off on Sunday, with Leicester not in action until the following evening, when they host West Bromwich Albion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Wilder&#8217;s side had raced into a three-goal lead on their way to a 3-2 triumph at the King Power Stadium five weeks ago \u2013 and they were just as dominant in the opening half-hour this time, although with less reward. Andre Brooks posed a threat from the right flank, cutting inside to set up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}