Championship

Oli puts Blades in fine mess!

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The LeaguePaper Team
20 January 2019

By Tom Sage

DELIGHT: Oli McBurnie celebrates his inner for Swansea
PICTURE: Athena Pictures

OLI McBURNIE scored his 11th goal of the season as Swansea saw off high-fl ying Sheffi eld United to make it fi ve games unbeaten in all competitions.
McBurnie came up with the game’s only goal in the 65th minute as the Blades missed the opportunity to make up ground on Leeds United at the top of the Championship.
Chris Wilder’s side dominated the first-half exchanges, but could not convert their chances and McBurnie showed them how it should be done.
Leeds’ surprise 2-1 defea...

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