As Sheffield United crushed out a “huge” three points at his old club Watford this afternoon, an emotional Chris Wilder praised his team. The Blades closed the gap to leaders Leeds, who made a mistake and drew against Hull City, to just one point after tying the score with Burnley, who were tied for second place.

Over Christmas, United’s shabby team had a minor setback as they only managed one point out of nine against Burnley, West Brom, and Sunderland. They were also severely thin at Vicarage Road. However, goals from Gus Hamer and Andre Brooks helped them climb back up the M1 with three points, which hurt the hosts’ strong home record this season.

With a combination of returning injured players and new acquisitions, United, who are currently on fire, may have up to nine players available for their upcoming Championship match against Norwich.”It’s a big outcome, so it was pretty emotional at the end,” Wilder acknowledged. Over Christmas, there have been close games that could have gone either way. We had to do what we had to do today, and it was game on.

Sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves and take the fun out of the game. How much do you want to make it to the end, how much do you want to win, and how much do you want to dominate your opponent? And they have displayed each of those attributes.They had been acting with passion, desire, and attitude for the past twenty minutes. We simply refused to let them [Watford] beat the goal. young boys who are learning on the job at the highest level of competition.