Sheffield United battled hard but lost out to Liverpool this evening, as goals from Curtis Jones and then a deflected Bobby Firmino effort proved enough.
The Blades huffed and puffed throughout but, ultimately, lacked the cutting edge in the final third when it was needed. Oli McBurnie twice spurned good chances at 1-0, before Firmino sealed the win via a Kean Bryan deflection.
But there was plenty to admire about United in fairness. The effort was there with a disjointed side and there were some good performances within the XI selected.
However, it was hard to look beyond Aaron Ramsdale as his man of the match. The stopper made countless good saves in the opening 45 in particular and could do little about either goal.
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After picking up a lot of criticism throughout the season, Ramsdale earnt plenty of praise this evening on Twitter.
Here, then, is what some Blades fans had to say about Ramsdale’s performance against Liverpool this evening.
Ramsdale only player who deserves to play at this level based on last few games
— Joel Birmingham (@Joelbirmz12) February 28, 2021
Full credit Ramsdale. Terrific goalkeeping. Not just the saves but absolutely commanding his area, making himself big, coming out for everything. Solid stuff
— Blades (@BladesInBlood) February 28, 2021
Why’s Ramsdale playing like prime Buffon hahaha just know how this is going to go
— Nic (@LiverpoolNicola) February 28, 2021
Carried the whole team through that half
— Emma (@emmautbx) February 28, 2021
He’s played a blinder, fantastic. 👍
— Jim McFadden (@yungnerevarine) February 28, 2021
Quality keeper
— Owen (@_OwenTHFC) February 28, 2021
Fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— ELcozmos ⚔️ (@ShaunCostello89) February 28, 2021
