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Sheffield United threw away a chance for a rare victory as they let slip a two-goal lead as Fulham fought back to claim a late point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane.
A brilliant scissor-kick from in-form Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz sealed the comeback after Ben Brereton Diaz had scored twice for Sheff Utd.
How the match unfolded
There were three changes for the Blades as Anel Ahmedhodzic, Vinicius Souza and Mason Holgate came in, while Fulham were unchanged from their win over Tottenham Hotspur before the international break.
The in-form visiting team dominated the opening half but the closest they came to a serious test for Ivo Grbic in the Sheff Utd goal did not come until the 38th minute when Muniz poked a close-range effort towards goal that the ’keeper did well to tip on to a post and behind.
Muniz almost gave Fulham a dream start to the second half but his looping header hit the post less than two minutes in.
But instead Sheff Utd took a shock lead on 58 minutes. Oliver McBurnie broke down the left and delivered a sumptuous cross with the outside of his boot to Brereton Diaz who converted his third goal of the season.
The Blades did not lead for long. From a corner, Andreas Pereira found an unmarked Joao Palhinha, who steered a brilliant header into the far corner.
Six minutes later, Sheff Utd came back as their two forwards combined again. This time Brereton Diaz advanced down the left and cut back to McBurnie to register his fifth league goal of the season.
Brereton got his second less than two minutes later. This time Gustavo Hamer delivered from the left a cross to the far post, where the Chilean was on hand to bundle home.
Sheff Utd thought they had a fourth when McBurnie had scored from a goalmouth scramble but it was overturned for offside by VAR.
Fulham got a goal back in the 86th minute when Tom Cairney did well to set up Bobby De Cordova-Reid, who fired home from outside the area.
In the third of 14 minutes of stoppage time, a cross from Adama Traore was fired home by Muniz’s acrobatic effort for his eighth goal of the season.
Fulham remain 12th with 39 points, while Sheff Utd are still bottom with 15 points.
Club reports
Sheff Utd report | Fulham report
Match officials
Referee: Tim Robinson. Assistants: Mat Wilkes, Derek Eaton. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard.
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