Before this was taken, there was more: after a stoppage for treatment to the West Ham goalkeeper, Areola could not continue and so Lukasz Fabianski strolled on to face McBurnie. Cue the attacker stroking the ball in and Sheffield United's support hitting ecstasy.
The denouement nearly had a further chapter when West Ham raced upfield and Jarrod Bowen and Anel Ahmedhodzic came together in the home side's area. Michael Salisbury turned down loud appeals for what would have been the game's third spot-kick, David Moyes particularly upset with the referee, as he was later when claiming Areola was fouled before McBurnie's strike.
The latter's decisive kick in the 103rd minute of a game that had flared up from the moment, 24 minutes earlier, when James Ward-Prowse caused delirium among the away fans behind Wes Foderingham's goal by blazing in the penalty that appeared to grab victory and plunge their hosts into deeper gloom.
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