Source: Daily_Mail
Sheffield United 2 Bristol City 0: Henri Camara leads the way
Sheffield United got their Coca-Cola Championship play-off pushback on track with a comfortable victory over Bristol City at BramallLane. [LNB]After a run of four games without a win, the Blades had dropped outof the top six but they produced a strong performance, which wasrewarded with second-half goals from Henri Camara and Darius Henderson. [LNB]Camara produced a fine finish to slam home shortly after the breakand Henderson doubled the lead just after the hour when he headed inafter good work from Jamie Ward. [LNB] On target: Henri Camara opens the scoring for Sheffield United[LNB]Bristol City were non-existent as an attacking force for much of the game despite the presence of new signing Chris Iwelumo, though they did come close to reducing the arrears when Louis Carey's thumped against the crossbar. [LNB]They could not find a way back into the game, though, and with no wins in five games, Gary Johnson's men now find themselves looking downwards in the table, while the Blades remain in the play-off mix. [LNB]After a slow start, it was Bristol City who settled quicker and Iwelumo, who was making his debut after signing on an emergency loan this morning, caused the United defence a few problems. [LNB] Down in the mouth: Bristol City boss Gary Johnson looks on[LNB]Sheffield United eventually came into the game and had a couple ofhalf-chances to open the scoring. Henderson, who scored a hat-trick inthe reverse fixture in November, twice headed wide of the target, thefirst a particularly guilty offence given he was unmarked. [LNB]Soon after, City were reliant on goalkeeper Dean Gerken to keep them on level terms. Mark Yeates' effort from the edge of the area was deflected and with Gerken wrong-footed, he managed to stick a leg out and keep the ball out of the net. [LNB] And United should have been ahead with the second half just a minute old when Derek Geary produced a fine cross, which was met by Camara, but the striker's poked effort was superbly saved by Gerken. [LNB]But the Senegal international made amends three minutes later and gave the hosts a deserved lead when he latched on to a long ball and produced an emphatic finish past Gerken and high into the net. [LNB] United continued to dominate and after Ward had fizzed a free-kickjust over the crossbar, they put the game to bed with a second goal inthe 62nd minute. [LNB] Ward was influential as he made headway down the left, beforecutting inside and crossing for Henderson, who had no problem headinghome his 12th goal of the season. [LNB] Going aerial: Sheffield United's Darius Henderson avoids Bradley Orr[LNB] Bristol City had been restricted to long-range efforts by a solid United defence, but they came close to getting back into the game with 20 minutes left, but Carey's powerful from Paul Hartley's corner hit the crossbar. [LNB]The Robins were unable to fashion any other chances as United held on to register their second home win of 2010 Spurs and Sheffield United in talks as Blades battle to secure Walker's releasePreston 2 Sheffield United 1: United loanee Matt James makes his markFA Cup LIVE: Follow all Saturday's action involving Chelsea v Cardiff, Manchester City v Stoke, Southampton v Portsmouth, Derby v Birmingham, Reading v West BromWatford 2 Bristol City 0: Impressive Hornets keep play-off hopes on track . [LNB] [LNB]
