# Championship roundup: Bristol City leave it late to deny Sheffield United

## Summary
- Sheffield United top despite last-minute equaliser
- Burnley also held at home on good night for Leeds

## News Content
Mark Sykes struck a last-minute equaliser to snatch **Bristol City** a 1-1 draw at Championship promotion-chasers **Sheffield United**.

The point was enough to lift the Blades back to the top of the table, but they were denied a seventh win in eight matches by Sykes’ last-gasp effort after Tyrese Campbell had given the hosts a second-half lead.

**Burnley** missed the chance to move above Leeds in the promotion race, held to a 1-1 draw by playoff chasing **West Brom**.

John Swift’s fine free-kick 20 minutes in saw the Clarets’ run of seven consecutive home clean sheets come to an end, although Zian Flemming quickly punished a bad mistake from West Brom goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith.

Burnley defender CJ Egan-Riley and manager Scott Parker were sent off after the final whistle following a clash late on, after an incident in which Egan-Riley appeared to kick William Lankshear.

With Parker dismissed, it was left to first-team coach Mike Jackson to explain the incident in the post-match press conference. “I think there’s a lot of emotion,” Jackson said. “I think both teams are going for it, both teams are at different stages of where they need to be.

“The detail of it is not something that I want to try and get involved in because that much has gone on at the end but from what I’ve seen, I don’t think there’s a lot in it. I think sometimes we just need to take a little bit of a step back, everybody involved, but we’ll look at it as a club.”

Romaine Mundle’s brilliant equaliser snatched a point for promotion hopefuls **Sunderland** in a 1-1 draw with **Preston** at the Stadium of Light, cancelling out Emil Riis’ 65th-minute opener.

Matt Clarke and Marcus Harness struck in each half to help **Derby** boost their survival hopes with a 2-0 victory over in-form **Coventry** on Frank Lampard’s return to Pride Park. “We’re fighting for our lives,” said the Derby manager, John Eustace. “We want to stay in the league, we’re fighters not victims, that’s the mentality we are trying to push to these players.”

Tommy Conway and Anfernee Dijksteel struck either side of half-time as **Middlesbrough** beat **QPR** 2-1 to edge themselves to within three points of the playoff places.



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## Additional News Content
**Sheffield Wednesday** produced a superb second-half comeback to beat **Norwich** 3-2 at Carrow Road and keep their own playoff hopes alive.

**Luton** claimed a precious 2-1 victory over **Cardiff** in their  relegation battle as the contest was overshadowed by an injury to Aaron Ramsey that threatens to rule the Wales captain out of World Cup action.

Ramsey – set to be named in the Wales squad on Thursday for opening World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and North Macedonia – appeared distraught after back-heeling the ball in the 49th minute and pulling up.

## Table of Standings
| Pos | Team              | P | GD | Pts |
|-----|-------------------|---|----|-----|
| 1   | Sheff Utd        | 37 | 24 | 77  |
| 2   | Leeds            | 36 | 49 | 76  |
| 3   | Burnley          | 37 | 39 | 75  |
| 4   | Sunderland        | 37 | 21 | 69  |
| 5   | West Brom        | 37 | 14 | 56  |
| 6   | Coventry         | 37 | 4  | 56  |
| 7   | Bristol City     | 37 | 7  | 54  |
| 8   | Middlesbrough     | 37 | 9  | 53  |
| 9   | Blackburn         | 36 | 4  | 52  |
| 10  | Sheff Wed         | 37 | -5 | 51  |
| 11  | Norwich           | 37 | 7  | 49  |
| 12  | Watford          | 36 | -4 | 49  |
| 13  | Millwall         | 36 | -1 | 48  |
| 14  | QPR              | 37 | -6 | 44  |
| 15  | Preston North End | 37 | -6 | 44  |
| 16  | Swansea          | 36 | -8 | 44  |
| 17  | Portsmouth       | 36 | -13 | 42  |
| 18  | Oxford Utd       | 36 | -16 | 39  |
| 19  | Hull             | 36 | -9 | 37  |
| 20  | Stoke             | 36 | -14 | 36  |
| 21  | Cardiff          | 37 | -21 | 36  |
| 22  | Derby             | 37 | -12 | 35  |
| 23  | Luton            | 37 | -26 | 34  |
| 24  | Plymouth         | 36 | -37 | 30  |
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