Source: TheGuardian
João Pedro hits hat-trick as Brighton beat Sheffield United in goal-fest
What an all-action, thrill-a-minute contest this meeting between Sheffield United and Brighton proved. Top billing was shared by João Pedro, whose hat-trick featured two penalties and took his team into Sunday’s fifth-round draw, and the bustling handful named Will Osula, scorer of the Blades’ second and creator of Gustavo Hamer’s first.Jayden Bogle, too, had a lead part but in conceding both of the spot-kicks not for a reason he would wish. And while the Blades are eliminated, what is evident is how, since replacing Paul Heckingbottom on 5 December, Chris Wilder has transformed them into a spirited proposition able to come back from 2-0 to 2-2 and remain in the tie even after Pedro’s third, the visitors’ fourth. Danny Welbeck’s added-time strike finally killed them off. Continue reading......read full article
