Chelsea are left shattered by late drama this time as they fail to follow up on win over Man United, writes KIERAN GILL

The pigeon that somehow invaded the Bramall Lane press room felt like a fitting reminder of the flapping on show from Mauricio Pochettino’s band of multimillion-pound players, Sunday's surrender being the latest example in a season plagued by softness. ‘Of course they were tired but that is not an excuse today to not win the game in the end,’ Pochettino said when asked about Thursday's thriller with United at Stamford Bridge, a game in which Cole Palmer scored in the 10th and 11th minutes of stoppage time. Chelsea thought they had secured victory at Sheffield United with Noni Madueke’s strike However, Oli McBurnie dramatically netted in the 93rd minute to secure a point for the Blades Thiago Silva was unmarked when he volleyed home from 10 yards to put the visitors in front Your browser does not support iframes. Today, that happened, maybe this group is not mature enough to compete in games every three days.’ MATCH FACTS AND PLAYER RATINGS Sheffield United : Grbic 5; Holgate 5, Ahmedhodzic 5, Robinson 5 ; Bogle 6, Hamer 7, Arblaster 6, Osborn 6, Trusty 6 ; McBurnie 7, Brereton Diaz 6.5 Subs : Foderingham, Norwood, Slimane, Larouci, Osula, Brooks Scorers: Bogle, McBurnie Booked: Brereton, Bogle, Arblaster, Ahmedhodzic Manager: Chris Wilder 6.5 Chelsea : Petrovic 5; Disasi 5, Chalobah 5.5, Silva 6.5, Cucurella 5.5 ; Caicedo 5, Fernandez 6; Madueke 7.5, Palmer 6.5, Gallagher 6; Jackson 6 Subs : Bettinelli, Sharman-Lowe, Sterling, Washington, Gilchrist Scorers: Silva, Madueke Booked: Chalobah, Cucurella Manager: Mauricio Pochettino 5 Referee: Robert Jones 6 It looked like Noni Madueke's second-half strike would prove the winner for Chelsea but Chris Wilder praised his players' desire in saying: ‘The boys went full tilt against top players. Jayden Bogle fooled the goalkeeper into thinking a cross was coming before his first-half goal Mauricio Pochettino made late changes for Chelsea, but was unable to prevent the equaliser Blades star McBurnie only had Djordje Petrovic to beat in stoppage time to make it 2-2 Palmer was involved in Chelsea retaking the lead in the 66th minute as he passed to Madueke, who cut inside of Auston Trusty.