Though Phillips offered an early tester for Will Murdock with an honest try, the Reds went forward from our first harmful assault of the evening. Obi robbed Vimal Yoganathan, who ended up bringing the striker down within the field. As a substitute of ready to see if a penalty could be awarded, Jack Fletcher was available to revenue with a deflected strike that flew previous Kieren Flavell.
It was one other good second for the midfielder on the bottom the place he scored a few belters in a earlier tie on this competitors and likewise coming in entrance of his father Darren, who was watching within the stand.
The subsequent clear opening got here within the twenty fourth minute, when Shea Lacey regarded set to double the lead however, after dummying onto his left foot, his low effort was saved by Flavell. The house keeper’s subsequent cease was extra comfy, when Obi tried to use a superb ball down the road by Bendito Mantato, however he was relieved to see Obi flash a Mantato cross broad, which got here to the younger hitman at an ungainly top.
Seconds later, Barnsley had been denied an equaliser, towards the run of play, when an ideal supply from the left by raiding full-back Nathanael Ogbeta was headed towards a put up by Phillips and the rebound bounced again off the Tykes’ no.8 however Murdock dived to clutch it gratefully.
After that permit off, Flavell was equal to a fierce, fizzing drive by Jack Fletcher from exterior the realm and Mantato opted to sq. reasonably than shoot when it got here out to him, with the Yorkshiremen clearing their strains. United had regarded comfy however had been responsible of overplaying on the again, with Murdock put underneath stress and Dan Armer’s lunge bringing Phillips down.
McGoldrick stepped as much as slam residence the spot-kick and, though Lacey once more illustrated his risk by forcing one other cease out of Flavell, it was all sq. going into the interval.
