Sheffield United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: Tommy Doyle winner to sends Blades to Wembley

Tommy Doyle struck a stoppage-time victor to nonstop Sheffield United into the FA Cup semi-finals arsenic they got the amended of chap Championship broadside Blackburn Rovers successful a breathless encounter.

But the pb was short-lived arsenic the Blades equalised 8 minutes aboriginal with a ample chunk of fortune, Max Lowe's long-range changeable deflecting successful disconnected visiting striker Sam Gallagher.

Sammie Szmodics enactment Rovers backmost successful beforehand connected the hr earlier Oli McBurnie equalised successful the 81st infinitesimal to acceptable up an breathtaking finale, crowned by on-loan Manchester City midfielder Doyle's fantabulous long-range drive.

Victory means Sheffield United are into the FA Cup semi-finals for the archetypal clip since 2014, erstwhile they ended up losing 5-3 to Hull.

It could beryllium a memorable play for the Yorkshire side, who are 2nd successful the Championship and chasing a instrumentality to the Premier League.

While it was a euphoric decorativeness for the Blades, it was heartbreaking for a Blackburn broadside who were looking to marque it into their archetypal semi-final since 2007 - and marque a debut quality astatine the caller Wembley - though they stay successful bully signifier for a play-off spot successful the 2nd tier.

The gully for the FA Cup semi-finals takes spot connected Sunday pursuing Brighton's necktie against Grimsby Town (14:15 GMT), unrecorded connected BBC One.

A topsy-turvy tie

Jon Dahl Tomasson's broadside had looked comfy heading into the last 10 minutes but, erstwhile McBurnie's leveller went in, the hosts seized the inaugural and with the assemblage down them, made it a fantastic finale that volition unrecorded agelong successful the representation of the Bramall Lane faithful.

Blackburn made a accelerated commencement to the crippled with Ryan Hedges uncovering apical scorer Brereton Diaz connected the borderline of the container wrong the opening minute, but the striker could not rather get his changeable distant earlier being dispossessed.

The hosts weathered the aboriginal tempest and James McAtee had a aureate accidental to enactment his broadside successful beforehand aft 8 minutes erstwhile helium was enactment done connected goal, but successful the extremity it was a tame effort astatine Rovers goalkeeper Aynsley Pears.

Rovers past went up the different extremity to motorboat the onslaught that would pb to the opening goal, arsenic Tyler Morton crossed for Gallagher and his changeable connected extremity was blocked by Robinson's arm.

Referee Tim Robinson did not initially springiness the spot-kick but was asked to consult the video show by VAR, and helium awarded the punishment which Brereton Diaz despatched confidently.

Chile striker Brereton Diaz's extremity was his 14th of the play for Blackburn

The Blades' equaliser came from a fortunate interruption arsenic Blackburn cleared a country which came to Max Lowe astir 25 yards out, and the defender's changeable was heading off-target earlier Gallagher stuck retired a genu trying to marque a artifact - lone to spot it rotation distant into the net.

The hosts created 2 bully openings wrong minutes of the restart but McAtee's dense interaction passed-up a bully accidental successful the container earlier Sam Baldock deed the side-netting.

At the different end, Foderingham was past forced into a good treble save, archetypal diving debased to his near to contradict Harry Pickering and past pushing retired Brereton Diaz's follow-up.

McAtee past missed different large accidental soon earlier the hr arsenic helium seized connected Lewis Travis' escaped walk to spell one-on-one with Pears, with the goalkeeper poking retired a footwear to contradict him again.

Szmodics showed him however it was done moments aboriginal erstwhile Morton won the shot backmost successful midfield and recovered Gallagher, who slipped the midfielder successful and helium finished expertly, shooting crossed Foderingham into the corner.

Rovers were a whisker distant from a 3rd with 20 minutes remaining arsenic Ryan Hedges' well-struck left-foot changeable bushed Foderingham, lone to deed the wrong of the station and rotation crossed the goalmouth.

The hosts had looked to beryllium struggling to find an equaliser but were backmost connected level presumption with 10 minutes near erstwhile McBurnie collected Lowe's walk earlier turning past 2 defenders and finishing debased past Pears.

The extremity changed the momentum wholly and the hosts poured guardant successful hunt of the winner, which erstwhile it came was a onslaught of existent quality, arsenic Doyle steadied himself earlier unleashing a rocket which Pears could lone extremity further into the apical corner.