A lone goal from Iliman Ndiaye in the early minutes of the game was enough for Sheffield United to beat Fulham in a Championship football match. Sheffield United men’s managed to maintain the lead until the end of the game. Fulham boys failed to score a single goal but were successful to stop Sheffield from a higher margin win. Head coach of Sheffield United and Fulham has expressed their thoughts after the game.
Paul Heckingbottom said: “You’ve not seen the best of Iliman yet. There is more to come. He showed with his goal that he’s got tremendous ball control and the ability to keep the ball so close to him. He carries the ball at full speed. That got him away from people and then he had the confidence to take the shot on at full speed. I was also pleased with his work-rate tonight and his willingness to win the ball back.
“It’s a brilliant result. At times I was getting frustrated by us giving the ball away but to win this way was a real big thing for us because we haven’t looked like doing that. And to show that spirit. To beat the team at the top of the league away is a big thing.”
Fulham’s head coach Marco Silva said: “It wasn’t our best performance definitely. We had a lot of unforced errors tonight and didn’t create the problems that we should have created for them. We try to perform better than our opponents but the main thing we should do is do it our way. Tonight we didn’t do it our way.
“The main reason is clear for me. We did so many good things so far this season and we did the right things until now. This was a really bad evening, not because of the result but because of the way we played. We have to analyse it now and prepare the game against Birmingham on Boxing Day.”
