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Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United. Sky Bet Championship.

The City GroundAttendance25,238.

Nottingham Forest 1

  • L Grabban (83rd minute)

Sheffield United 1

  • M Gibbs-White (78th minute)

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield United: Lewis Grabban strikes to earn point for Steve Cooper's side

Report and highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United at the City Ground as Morgan Gibbs-White put the Blades in front, but Lewis Grabban soon equalised to share the spoils

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Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Utd

Lewis Grabban came off the bench to rescue a point for Nottingham Forest as old rivals Sheffield United forced a 1-1 draw at the City Ground.

Grabban scored his sixth goal of the season from close range in the 83rd minute, five minutes after fellow sub - and ex-Red - Billy Sharp had set up Morgan Gibbs-White to put the Blades in front with his fifth of the campaign.

It was a closely-contested game between two sides who began - and ended - the evening with identical records in the Championship.

Steve Cooper will have felt his Forest side might have had a penalty when Brennan Johnson was brought down, but Slavisa Jokanovic will have been equally frustrated at not seeing his United team hold out for three points.

Joe Lolley was not too far away from an opening goal as he let fly with the first real effort of the game in the 12th minute, with his low shot bouncing narrowly wide.

It was a cagey opening, with Forest pressing again as United struggled to clear the danger when Djed Spence burst into the box from the right.

Forest should have taken the lead from James Garner's corner, but Lyle Taylor planted a good headed chance wide.

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When Chris Basham slid in late on Johnson as Forest attacked down the left side, Forest wanted a penalty. But referee Leigh Doughty was not convinced.

Johnson snatched possession on the edge of the Blades box and he carved out the chance for a shot, but a deflection left Robin Olsen with an easy save.

Brice Samba had to make his first save when he kept out an angled shot from Jayden Bogle.

The first half ended with Joe Worrall flashing a header inches the wrong side of the post for the home side.

The second half continued in the same fashion, with both sides enjoying flurries of possession, without turning those into clear opportunities.

A great ball from Ryan Yates gave Johnson the chance to fire the ball across the face of goal but United desperately cleared.

Forest were livid when Johnson went down under another challenge from Basham in the box, after referee Doughty this time booked Johnson for diving.

Sub Sharp was to play a key role as United took the lead. He turned creator by firing in a perfect ball for Gibbs-White, who slotted home simply but emphatically in the 78th minute.

But their lead was to last for only five minutes. Sub Grabban had already come close to scoring once, and when he got himself into the right position for a second time he forced the ball over the line from close range, after United had failed to clear a cross from Johnson.

What the managers said...

Nottingham Forest's Steve Cooper: "I am not going to get into the decisions and get into trouble, but we will stand up and be counted. We want people to be proud of us. We know we have work to do; we know we need to be in a better place, still. But we are trying. And when things are going against us and people want to be unfair with us, we will not accept it. I am not going to go on script with you guys about that, but we will certainly be addressing it off script, officially.

"Brennan got booked for diving as well… I got booked as well, I don't know what for. It was a fair result even if a few moments and a bit of luck might have gone our way. It was a tough game against a team with a lot of resources; they have players who applied themselves well in the Premier League and on their journey there."

Sheffield United's Slavisa Jokanovic: "We played a decent game, we knew what to expect from Forest. They tried a few times, without success, to hurt us on the transition. We dominated the game without creating many things. But we scored in the right moment and I thought we would be able to survive for a few minutes.

"They scored and I don't know if Grabban was trying to control the ball or not, but we can do better in that situation. At the end, we are disappointed because we wanted three points and we feel as though we have lost two."

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