Fleetwood Town 2-2 Sheffield United

Che Adams' stoppage-time penalty earned Sheffield United a share of the points against 10-man Fleetwood in League One.

The visitors opened the scoring at Highbury Stadium when Matt Done fired past Cod Army goalkeeper Chris Maxwell.

Ash Hunter headed in Victor Nirennold's cross to level for the hosts, before Marcus Nilsson flicked in Jimmy Ryan's free-kick to give Fleetwood the lead.

However, Nick Haughton was sent off for two yellow cards, before Adams netted after Matt Flynn was fouled in the box.

There was a lengthy delay before Adams took his spot-kick after Maxwell was struck by an object thrown from the crowd and required treatment to a facial cut, just above his eye.

Fleetwood Town manager Steven Pressley told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"We were faced with every type of adversity there could have been, We had to patch up a back four that was already patched up and then we lost a further player,

"And I was really disappointed with the officiating. Some of the decisions were extremely poor, summed up by the referee's response to Chris Maxwell, after he had been hit by the object, that it was his own fault, which is totally unacceptable.

"In the light of that, my players did magnificently. It wasn't an inspiring performance in terms of football, but we showed so much determination.

"Coming on top of our wins at Coventry and at home to Gillingham, we'd just done enough to win then, in the end, a controversial penalty has cost us dearly."

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Line-ups

Fleetwood

• 1Maxwell
• 15Nirennold
• 31Nilsson
• 47DavisSubstituted forSowerbyat 45'minutesSubstituted forHaughtonat 70'minutesBooked at 88mins
• 7BellBooked at 90mins
• 8Ryan
• 5Jónsson
• 23Ball
• 22HunterSubstituted forMattat 76'minutes
• 9Ameobi
• 11Burns

Substitutes

• 10Matt
• 14Grant
• 27Haughton
• 28Sowerby
• 32Williams
• 40Gogic
• 44Cole

Sheff Utd

• 25Long
• 34Edgar
• 6Basham
• 21Baptiste
• 5Brayford
• 33CuvelierSubstituted forCouttsat 45'minutes
• 35HammondBooked at 60mins
• 7Flynn
• 14Done
• 27Calvert-LewinSubstituted forSammonat 75'minutes
• 29Adams

Substitutes

• 1Howard
• 8Coutts
• 18Sammon
• 20Campbell-Ryce
• 32McGahey
• 36Whiteman
• 37Kelly

Referee:

Richard Clark

Attendance:

3,479

Match Stats

Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamSheff Utd

Possession

Home50%

Away50%

Shots

Home9

Away13

Shots on Target

Home2

Away5

Corners

Home1

Away10

Fouls

Home14

Away17

Live Text

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Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Sheffield United 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+8'

Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Sheffield United 2.

Posted at 90'+7'

(Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+7'

Foul by Conor Sammon (Sheffield United).

Posted at 90'+7'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jamille Matt.

Posted at 90'+6'

Foul by Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 90'+6'

Dean Hammond (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+5'

Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Che Adams (Sheffield United).

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Chris Maxwell.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt saved. Che Adams (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+3'

Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Sheffield United 2. Che Adams (Sheffield United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+1'

Penalty conceded by Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 90'+1'

Penalty Sheffield United. Ryan Flynn draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Wes Burns.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 90'

Conor Sammon (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Dismissal

Posted at 88'

Second yellow card to Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 88'

Foul by Jamille Matt (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 88'

Ryan Flynn (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 87'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Victor Nirennold.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. Chris Basham (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Victor Nirennold.

Posted at 85'

Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Chris Basham (Sheffield United).

Posted at 84'

Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).

Posted at 83'

Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Alex Baptiste (Sheffield United).

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Alex Baptiste (Sheffield United) header from very close range is blocked.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by David Ball.

Posted at 79'

Hand ball by Jamille Matt (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 78'

Foul by Shola Ameobi (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 78'

David Edgar (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 77'

Attempt missed. Dean Hammond (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left following a set piece situation.

Substitution

Posted at 76'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Jamille Matt replaces Ashley Hunter.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 76'

Che Adams (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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