Sheffield United secured their first Championship victory in six games on Saturday afternoon, denting Hull City’s promotion hopes in the process.

The Tigers hadn’t done the double against their Yorkshire rivals in 73 years, and they let a golden opportunity slip away in the last minutes at Bramall Lane.

After earning a credible point against league leaders Coventry City at the MKM Stadium on Easter Monday, Sergej Jakirovic’s team got off to a great start when Oli McBurnie latched onto Liam Millar’s through ball following a loose pass from Joe Rothwell, haunting his former club on his return to this part of the Steel City.

That being said, the Blades were the more dominant side in the latter stages of the first half and the second period as a whole, but the game turned on its head with 15 minutes remaining when experienced midfielder John Lundstram was shown a second yellow card by John Brooks for a foul on United winger Andre Brooks in the centre of the pitch.

This decision further added to the stress felt by both sets of supporters inside the stadium, with Hull seven points ahead of Wrexham in the play-offs due to Wrexham’s match against Birmingham City on Sunday lunchtime.

A controversial penalty was then awarded 10 minutes later, with Hull substitute Kyle Joseph adjudged to have sent Jairo Riedewald to the ground amid a melee of players inside the box, which Gus Hamer confidently dispatched before Danny Ings completed a three-minute turnaround by replacing Mark McGuinness after the equaliser.

Given the style of their 14th league defeat, which appears to have ruined any weak aspirations of City’s automatic promotion possibilities while still putting their play-off position in jeopardy, Jakirovic and McBurnie had plenty to say after the game, and a new update on the controversy has emerged.

A further update on the Sheffield United and Hull City incidents at Bramall Lane

According to a new update from Alan Nixon via Patreon, the Tigers have been approached by the PGMOL’s Select Group 2 Manager and former referee, Kevin Friend, regarding Brookes’ late-game decision-making in the Yorkshire Derby.

Lundstram was given his marching orders for a late challenge after receiving a first caution less than 10 minutes earlier for an off-pitch scuffle with McGuinness following the awarding of a Hull corner, though Tigers supporters argue that the Liverpudlian’s tackle was only done in such a way because the official was initially blocking his run towards the ball.

McBurnie also commented on the penalty award: “Then the penalty, we’ve just watched it back in there, and we’re still not sure who the foul was on.

“I asked the referee during the game who the foul was on, he said he didn’t know and told me to go away,” he stated.”It’s unclear how to call a foul if you don’t know who it’s on.”I don’t know what else I can say about the referee.

Chris Wilder and Jakirovic were also bombarded with questions about Brookes’ performance in their respective post-match press conferences, while Tigers owner Acun Ilicali issued a passionate social media statement about City’s sense of ‘injustice’, as well as reacting to Lundstram’s own social media post referencing the hostile reception he received from Blades supporters.

Lundstram will now miss Hull’s home game against Birmingham at the MKM Stadium because two yellow cards cannot be appealed, and the decisions have reportedly left the Tigers camp bitter, despite Wrexham losing 2-0 at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park 24 hours later.

Hull City will be revved up following Sheffield United’s advancements in the promotion chase.

Despite the contentious ending to the game, Jakirovic was mostly encouraged by his team’s performance, saying that if the Tigers perform similarly in their next four games, there will be no problems.

They are four points clear of the Red Dragons, who have lost two games in a succession and face back-to-back away games against Leicester City and Charlton Athletic following their home game against the Blues.

Given the events at Bramall Lane and the drama surrounding their 3-2 victory in the West Midlands on October 18th, the Bosnian players will try to use their sense of injustice as fire to earn an important three points in the battle for the Premier League, where the club has not been in nine years.