Sheffield Utd 1 - 1 QPR: Blades hit back to earn replay

RICHARD Cresswell's equaliser in the final seconds of the first half saw Sheffield United set up an FA Cup third-round replay with QPR.

The home side dominated the early exchanges but QPR got back into the game, with Jay Simpson eventually giving them the lead seven minutes before half-time when he finished Wayne Routledge's superb right-wing cross.

But the Blades responded smartly and equalised in first-half stoppage time when Cresswell stepped across his marker to send his looping header into the top left-hand corner.

In an end-to-end second half the best chance came ten minutes from full time when United's Ched Evans thumped an incredible 35-yard free-kick on to the underside of the bar.