Source: Team_Talk
Henderson spot-on to deny Barnsley
Henderson kept his cool to convert his second spot-kick of the match in the 81st minute to drag Kevin Blackwell's injury-hit Blades back from the brink of another damaging reverse at the hands of Barnsley.[LNB]Daniel Bogdanovic appeared to have sent the Tykes on their way to a fifth win out of seven league matches when he headed home at the far post in the 74th minute, but Henderson spared Blackwell further embarrassment.[LNB]Barnsley fully deserved to edge ahead in the 53rd minute through Anderson De Silva's thunderbolt finish before Henderson levelled with his first penalty on the hour mark.[LNB]Barnsley made just one enforced change with skipper Stephen Foster suspended and Rob Kozluk recalled at full-back.[LNB]Tykes striker Iain Hume, who fractured his skull in the corresponding fixture last season, was again named on the bench.[LNB]Blades manager Kevin Blackwell feared he would be unable to field 11 fit players last week and was also without his captain, former Barnsley favourite Chris Morgan, due to a one-game ban.[LNB]Morgan, the player involved in the Hume injury, was ruled out of what would have been a hostile reception after collecting fifth yellow card of the season against Newcastle last Monday.[LNB]In Morgan's absence, Blackwell handed a debut to Jon Fortune, a summer signing from Charlton, while striker Jamie Ward returned from a torn hamstring and broken wrist.[LNB]United's other centre-back, Matt Kilgallon, superbly denied Bogdanovic with an early block following Anderson De Silva's sweeping pass.[LNB]The Brazilian then headed towards the bottom corner, only for United goalkeeper Ian Bennett to save brilliantly and a busy opening saw visiting forward Ched Evans thump a 20-yard drive just wide.[LNB]Soon after Bennett dived at full stretch to keep out Bogdanovic's volley.[LNB]Lancashire referee Lee Mason had stern words for Jon Macken and Andrew Davies after the latter pair clashed in the 21st minute as a full-blooded derby simmered towards boiling point.[LNB]Hugo Colace's volley was spectacularly saved again by Bennett in the 25th minute and only desperate defending denied stand-in Blades skipper Henderson at the far post from Ward's cross and again from Walker's ball in.[LNB]Barnsley defender Ryan Shotton was booked after his late challenge left Kilgallon writhing in agony as half-time approached.[LNB]Kilgallon was forced off soon after to add to Blackwell's injury woes, with Derek Geary making his first Blades appearance in over a year as a substitute.[LNB]Bennett failed to show for United after the half-time break, replaced by Mark Bunn, who had little to do before being beaten by Anderson's angled rocket after the Blades had failed to clear a 53rd-minute corner.[LNB]Blades winger Keith Treacey then fired in a low shot against the post as the visitors countered before Macken fluffed a gilt-edged chance to double Barnsley's lead from Dickinson's fine cross.[LNB]The visitors were then handed a route back into the match before a crowd of 12,998 had had time to catch breath.[LNB]Tykes goalkeeper Luke Steele was adjudged to have hauled down Evans on the six-yard box and Henderson slammed home the subsequent penalty.[LNB]Barnsley restored their lead in the 74th minute.[LNB]Macken's driven cross from the right was met at the far post by Bogdanovic, who stooped to head home at the far post.[LNB]But referee Mason awarded the visitors their second penalty when Hammill upended Walker in the area and Henderson slotted home his seventh goal of the season.[LNB][LNB]
