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Leon Clarke's winner was just his second goal of the season for the Blades

Sheffield United went fourth in the Championship after an entertaining victory at Brentford.

Neal Maupay put the Bees ahead in a manic nine-minute spell which included three goals while John Lundstrum hit the bar for the visitors seconds after they went behind.

Ezri Konsa's own goal from a corner drew the Blades level before Oliver Norwood blasted in a spectacular shot from the edge of the box after only 15 minutes.

John Fleck deflected Romaine Sawyers' cross into his own net to make it 2-2 midway through the second half before Leon Clarke won it for United.

The victory was just the second for the Blades in seven games while the Bees lost for the sixth time in seven since Dean Smith left to become Aston Villa manager, and slip down to 17th place.

The game was brought to life when the Championship's leading scorer Maupay got his 13th goal of the season, latching onto Sawyers' pass and finishing past Dean Henderson.

Lundstrum crashed a shot against the crossbar from eight yards before United went ahead after Konsa's own goal - under pressure from Jack O'Connell - and Norwood's excellent long-range effort which was powerfully curled into the top left corner form the right side of the box.

Chris Wilder's men almost had a third midway through the half but David McGoldrick's effort from close range was well-saved by Daniel Bentley.

The second half began almost as quickly as the first when McGoldrick had an effort deflected just wide.

Clarke headed a Fleck cross just wide but the forward made no mistake seven minutes later as he sidefooted home Conor Washington's pass.

Alan Judge had two late free-kicks saved by Henderson as Brentford battled in vain to salvage something from the game.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank:

"This is a situation where we need to stick together, we need to look inside ourselves. That's players, me and staff.

"We need to step up and we need to do better.

"Today was a case of not trying to concede too many battles and changing a few small bits."

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"It was a big win, it's been a tough couple of days and we asked a lot of questions of the players over the weekend.

"They came roaring back tonight and they were angry footballers out there as the performance wasn't good enough on Saturday.

"I said to the players before the game that I was interested in what their reaction would be and they gave me all the answers.

"We changed the team around and that would've raised a few eyebrows, but I picked a team to win a game and they've done just that."