SMASH AND BURN

McBurnie coolly fires home the latest goal in Prem history to boost Blades' survival battle

- JEREMY CROSS

HAS a game so largely forgettable ever produced a more memorable finish than this bonkers one at Bramall Lane?

For most of this match two sides slugged it out in the wind and rain looking more like pub teams attempting to run off a hangover.

Maxwel Cornet had put the Hammers ahead in the first half with his first-ever goal for the club since joining them 18 months ago.

Ben Brereton Diaz equalised before halftime on his Premier League debut- and should have put his side ahead midway through the second half. West Ham looked to be heading home with all three points after James Ward-Prowse's 79th-minute penalty appeared to have piled more pain on Sheffield United.

Then all hell broke loose in added time.

The Blades were reduced to 10 men when substitute Rhian Brewster was sent off for a high tackle on Emerson.

The Hammers followed suit when Vladimir Coufal was shown a second yellow card for a trip on James McAtee to even up the numbers.