Newcastle United claimed all three points at Bramall Lane thanks to a bit of luck, when Ryan Taylor's shot took a wicked deflection of Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan to find its way to the back of the net.
But it is young striker Andy Carroll who is getting most of the praise after the game for his strong and determined performance against Morgan, one of the hard men of the beautiful game.
The Blades captain has a mixed response from football fans all over the country, some refer to Morgan as an old school centre-back who plays to his strengths, he is strong, committed and tough in the tackle as he doesn't mind getting dirty. Which is what majority of people see him as, a dirty defender who is physical in an extreme way, many think that he basically just kicks people. Which is why he holds the record for being sent off the most times as a Shef Utd player!
However last night Carroll stood up to him and treated the defender to some of his own medicine, as he hassled and hurried him, mixing it up with his own physical presence. The lad from Gateshead almost scored a deserved goal, when he out jumped and muscled his way between three Sheffield defenders, only for his header to hit the post.
Late in the game that miss could have proved costly as the Yorkshire club pushed for an equaliser. Steve Harper was having none of that, he produced three fantastic saves to keep his clean sheet. He was adamant that he would not concede, perhaps he wanted to impress his mate Shay Given who was in the stands watching after years of being in the opposite position with Harps watching on.
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