Chris Wilder reacts as Sheffield United fall to their second defeat in two games at Middlesbrough

Speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield, Chris Wilder reacts as Sheffield United fall to their second defeat in two games at Middlesbrough

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00:00Never was shouting from the rooftops. There'll be a few people now thinking that we're possibly

00:05the polar opposite. I don't believe we are. We've come to a team that's playing well

00:12off the back of two defeats. Their reaction was a good performance. I thought ours was

00:17a decent performance, just a little bit loose on those key moments with the ball and without

00:23the ball. With the ball, we've had some great opportunities. We play some decent stuff.

00:32Defended when we had to, but one lapse where the detail that we've talked to the players

00:39about his run is in between centre-half and full-back and they found that pass and he's

00:46found the header. They win a tight game and small margins.

00:52Luke Ayling clears one off the line and Raksacki probably thinks he's scored.

00:55Yes, I thought Jez did well tonight. We targeted their left-back and I thought he was good.

01:04We played with a nice calmness about us. We had the best of the first 15 minutes, it was

01:10pretty even in the second 15 minutes and I thought they got a head of steam in the lead-up

01:16to half-time. In the second half, it was going to be the game, what it's going to be. We

01:22were patient and tried to find pockets and tried to find that opportunity to punish them,

01:29but we couldn't find it and they were the same. A little bit cat-and-mousey, a little

01:34bit, but I thought it was a high-quality game. Two sides that I believe are going to be there

01:40or thereabouts, even though we're off the back of two defeats now.