Wednesday 17 September 2014 11:00, UK
Nigel Clough admitted Sheffield United got out of jail after they completed a dramatic turnaround to win 3-2 at Colchester.
The Blades scored three times in the space of five minutes late on to recover a two-goal deficit and secure a smash-and-grab victory. Clough said: "We got away with it and I'm delighted with the result but not very happy with the performance. "I've not had too many games where we've scored three times in five minutes to win a game 3-2. "It's very difficult to come back like that, especially when you've not played well. "I think you can do it when you've played well and you've been unlucky. But the performance wasn't like that and it's amazing how things change when that first goal goes in. "It's amazing how you can be losing like that, somebody gets one back and the whole game changes. "Everybody starts getting nervous and it's game on - Ben Davies got a goal and it started a recovery. "Things seemed to start happening when Stefan Scougall came on. He changed the game but we couldn't put him on any earlier, because he hadn't kicked a ball for several weeks now." Colchester were 2-0 up with seven minutes remaining when Davies netted with a low finish, before substitute Ryan Flynn prodded in Bob Harris's pass to equalise. And the Blades' comeback was complete two minutes from time when Harris scored from the penalty spot, after Alex Gilbey fouled Scougall in the area. Colchester boss Tony Humes said: "The players are very disappointed and they're very down. But we have to recognise that and learn from it. "There was a bit of naivety, a bit of inexperience. We got stretched when we had the game won and that's part of their learning and development. "We understand there will be mistakes but when you have young players you have to learn how to manage a game and see it out and win it, unfortunately we didn't do it. "There were plenty of positives and everything that we asked them to do they did it, but we end up concentrating on the negatives more than the positives and that's the game. "Their first goal transformed the game and we switched off and ended up not marking. "We choose the players because we think that they are the best to go out and get the victory." Gilbey hit a post before Colchester took a 31st-minute lead through George Moncur, who headed in after Mark Howard had saved his initial effort from Gavin Massey's pass. Neill Collins's goal-line clearance foiled Freddie Sears who made it 2-0 with 13 minutes remaining when he pounced on Howard's error to slot home, before the Blades launched their dramatic comeback.