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- Updated: November 29, 2016
Skipper Billy Sharp missed a late penalty as Sheffield United’s 10-game unbeaten run was halted by Walsall, who defended heroically to nick a 1-0 win at Bramall Lane.
Youngster Amadou Bakayoko’s 42nd-minute effort proved the difference between the two sides, but United – who had two goals ruled out – should have rescued a point, only to see Sharp’s spot-kick saved by Neil Etheridge.
Walsall nearly took a 10th-minute lead when Erhun Oztumer’s superb free-kick bounced off the bar and away to safety.
United hit back with Leon Clarke narrowly nodding wide, before Jack O’Connell’s header from Mark Duffy’s corner …
