Riza comments after defeat at Bramall Lane

"I thought we competed very well and caused problems at times. We contained Sheffield quite well at times but weren't able to [take] those moments that were key for us when we won the ball back, to hurt the opposition.

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"We were a little bit loose at times and just weren't quite able to hurt them enough in that sense.

"Once that first goal goes in, you lost a little bit of momentum. Second half, I thought we had Sheffield pinned back in their own half for quite a long period of time.

"They had to go to 4-5-1 at the end just to try to stop [us]. Then, obviously, the little error on the second goal finished the game off. But I'm very happy with my players in respect to the way they tried to manage the game."

Asked about talk of Neil Warnock taking over, he added:

"I'm not prepared to comment on those things at the moment. It's nothing to do with me at this stage. What's important for me is that the team are ready. They're ready to compete and fight for every point that we're playing for.

"If that is the case, then I have to just continue as I am and wait for that time to come. As it stands, there's not been any talk or conversation about that.

"The players are focused on what we need to do, so are the staff. That's what it will be right till the end."

Sheffield United's Chris Wilder:

"The players have been through the mill, they've felt what's happened over the last week and it's obviously been a poor week for us in terms of performances [and] results.

"But we're still in there, we're fighting and we keep swinging. It was a little bit edgy, a little bit cagey and whatever. But once we got the first goal, we were okay.

I suppose the [players] don't play as free as what they may usually do when they're in a decent run. Everything's precise and you take an extra touch and everything tightens up on the pitch. We'll get over it.

"We go into Monday night [at Burnley], with it all to play for. We wanted to go deep into this season and we need to do that with a performance on Monday. Energy, personality and belief.

"Belief is a massive thing for us and hopefully today will give us a little bit of a confidence booster after the three defeats.

"Up until a week ago, we were the outstanding away team in the division. So we need to put in a big performance and hopefully that comes with a big result. We're not a negative side.

"We've got 27 wins on the board and we need a few more between now and the end of the season."