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Sheffield United climb to third in Championship

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Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has taken the Blades to third spot in the Championship. (AP PHOTO)
Camera IconSheffield United boss Chris Wilder has taken the Blades to third spot in the Championship. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP

Tim Walter is still awaiting his first victory as Hull boss after goals from Gustavo Hamer and Sam McCallum earned Sheffield United a deserved 2-0 win at the MKM Stadium.

Hull's slack defending on their own set-pieces proved costly as the clinical Blades punished the home side in each half on the counter-attack following corners.

Hamer finished off a lightning three-on-one break in the first half to put the visitors ahead at the interval before substitute McCallum wrapped up the points in an almost carbon copy counter in the 67th minute to seal victory which moved United up to third in the Championship.

The German promised to bring "heart-attack football" after his appointment in the summer - which owner Acun Ilicali craved - but the Tigers have scored just twice, with only one in open play.

The hosts were booed off the pitch at the final whistle as they sit above the relegation zone with two points from five games.

Walter was surprisingly positive about his team's performance.

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"I'm happy about our performance because we showed so many things," Walter said. "Maybe we can play a better finishing pass, especially in the first half we had so many chances to score but we didn't.

"If you make easy mistakes, you will lose this game. But it depends on us and that's the good thing. Everything depends on us, how we perform with the ball and against the ball.

"I'm happy and proud of the boys because until the end they kept going to score, but unfortunately we didn't. At the end, we lost the game because we did the mistakes."

United boss Chris Wilder believed the match was closer than the scoreline suggested and was delighted to get the "job done."

"Different ways to win football matches. I don't think it was the most free-flowing performance for us, I think we played a lot better in the last four games," Wilder said.

"It is a young team, it is learning so it will be a great experience for them. I thought we saw the game out well.

"Like I talked about at full-time - championship football, whatever it takes to get a result. Fish and chip paper and all that stuff on Monday morning."

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