Sheffield United made it seven wins in nine Championship matches as they came from behind to beat Birmingham City with goals from Billy Sharp and Jayden Bogle.

After the sixth goalless first half this season at St Andrew’s, and a blocked early second-half goalbound Juninho Bacuna volley, it took a grappling match after the break to set the game alight.

Blues skipper Marc Roberts and Blades striker Iliman Ndiaye tangled, visiting skipper Sharp charged in to get involved, yellow cards were issued to Roberts and Sharp and, in no time, goals quickly came at either end.

Bacuna intercepted and hared off on a rampaging run down the inside right channel, switched play to the left and found the on-rushing Lyle Taylor, who veered to his right before firing a superb low right-foot finish into the bottom corner.

The lead lasted just three minutes before the Championship’s record-breaking marksman Sharp latched onto Sander Berge’s neat pass to thread home an equally impressive goal of his own. His low, left-footed into the bottom corner was an early birthday celebration ahead of turning 36 on Saturday.

And, on 74 minutes, the Blades were ahead when John Fleck played in Bogle, who timed his run to evade the linesman’s flag and slot home between Blues keeper Neil Etheridge’s outstretched legs.

Blues were weakened by the continued absence of Troy Deeney, who missed his sixth straight match with a thigh injury – but they remain 13 points clear of relegation trouble.

More protests at St Andrew’s

While Blades fans celebrated, it was more misery for Blues fans, who witnessed their side’s 13th defeat in 30 games this season, six of which have come at home.

From the joy of going ahead, to see their side then fall apart inside 10 minutes capped another deflating night, dominated before and during their game by their continued protests against the Blues board.

For the third home game running fans held a protest march. They also wore white masks and blew whistles during a particularly fraught first 20 minutes of match.

But Chinese owners Birmingham Sports Holdings made it clear last month that they have no intention of selling after six years in charge.

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom:

“A real good win, the fact that we fell behind and the way we responded, I felt we deserved it.

“The first half we were a little bit off but we got a lot more sharp moments in the second half.

“Both were good finishes from Billy and Jayden – and the second was a great team goal.

“We’ve now put ourselves into an even better position to go on from this. We’re delighted where we are. We have games in hand on teams but that also gives us a tight schedule.”

Sourced From BBC