Jose Morais smiling as Barnsley earn local bragging rights - 7M sport

Jose Morais smiling as Barnsley earn local bragging rights



Posted Saturday, April 07, 2018 by PA

Jose Morais smiling as Barnsley earn local bragging rights

Barnsley boss Jose Morais was delighted as his side secured their first home victory under his management by winning 3-2 against local rivals Sheffield United.

The Tykes went ahead through Gary Gardner before John Fleck and Leon Clarke put the Blades ahead by the midway stage of the second half. Oli McBurnie and Tom Bradshaw then struck for Barnsley to secure the three points.

The hosts started brightly and Gardner opened the scoring with a first-time shot from the edge of the box, after United failed to clear a corner properly.

Fleck made the Blades’ pressure count, equalising in emphatic style and it was not long before Clarke capitalised on uncertainty in the box and made it 2-1.

McBurnie bundled home to level the game again before Bradshaw met Kieffer Moore’s cross to head in the 88th-minute winner.

Morais said: “I wanted to give the smile to the people since long ago and I was holding the smile the whole time. I’m happy to be here today, that we won and this is the smile I have every day.

“I wanted to say that we were trying to find reasons we couldn’t do it before, and this was the work we have been doing since we’ve arrived here.

“The work was to try to find the belief in themselves and the belief from themselves in the team quality, the team capacity, besides the belief they have in their own qualities. It has been improving.

“This is what they showed today, that everything is possible when we really are committed to achieve and we trust each other to be able to turn around difficulties into something positive.

“I want to see it as a turning point, because it is.”

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder said: “I’ve got to say, the two teams, one wanting to stay in the division and the other wanting to get out of the division. I thought the team who wanted to stay in the division were better in the first half.

“They won more first and second balls, played quicker, played with more intensity. We looked a little bit leggy, we played far too slow, backward and square in the first half and when we did get into our stride a couple of times in the first half I thought we looked dangerous.

“Knowing what my team’s about, we got into them a bit at half-time, made a couple of changes and then got into our stride, got into our rhythm, built pressure and built momentum. From then we took the game away from the opposition and I’ve got to say from 2-1, we should go to 3-1 and 4-1.

“But yet again, boring everybody that interviews me after every game, it’s the clinical bit.”

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