Time for me to clock off. Thanks for your company, both on this blog and the earlier one about Bobby Charlton. Here is Dominic Booth’s report from a highly charged occasion. Asked about Charlton again, Ten Hag struggles to find the words in English but makes all the right noises. He ends up by reverting to his mantra from before the game – “outstanding on the pitch and off it.” He is also asked about Maguire being player of the match. “I think it was deserved. He played very well.” Here is Erik ten Hag in his grey roll-neck. “We are happy with the win of course,” he says. “Find a way to win. From the start of the second half we controlled the game.” Why the slow start? “You see it often after the international break. Also Sheffield, lot of energy, played a different system than what we expected. Tough game, you have to play your best, and in the end we needed a great goal.” Maguire is presented with the match award by Diogo Dalot, who could have won it himself. Nobody is booing Maguire tonight. A stat box shows Man Utd’s record with and without him starting in the past year: winning 15 games out of 16 with him, 22 out of 42 without. The games Ten Hag gives him do tend to be the easier ones, including a long string of home fixtures in the domestic cups, but that’s not Maguire’s fault. Harry Maguire talks about Bobby Charlton. “He came into the dressing-room a lot, you could see his aura. He would come in whether we won or lost, he wasn"t one of those who just come when you win. “We’ll miss him, the world will miss him. Our thoughts are with his family.” On expected goals, it should have been a draw – or a home win. (Assumes the voice of James Alexander Gordon) Sheff Utd 1.4, Man Utd 1.26. In the table, Sheff U stay rooted to the bottom with one point from nine games and a goal difference of -17. Man Utd, with 15 points from nine, move up to eighth, which may be another tribute to Sir Bobby. It’s where they finished three season in a row in 1970-72, the wobbly spell after the golden years. Sheff Utd deserved better, but they couldn’t score in open play, and they maintained their bad habit of conceding after the 75th minute. They do have a catalogue of injuries, but then so do Man U. FULL TIME! Sheff Utd 1-2 Man Utd And that’s it. Man Utd overcome a poor start to go away with a win in memory of Bobby Charlton, sealed with the sort of goal, from Diogo Dalot, that he scored a hundred times. 90+4 min The free kick leads only to another silly offside – Martial this time. 90+3 min Garnacho, such a reliably sparky sub, wins a free kick out on the left wing. 90+2 min Alan Smith’s player of the match is … Harry Maguire! He’s had a good week. 90+1 min Big miss! Garnacho and Martial combine to fashion a golden chance, but Garnacho manages to be offside when he surely doesn’t need to be, and he misses the target anyway. 90 min There will be five more minutes. Ten Hag is going ballistic at someone, I’m not sure who. 88 min Traore has come on for Hamer and Sheff Utd have come back into the game. But can they find a goal in open play? 86 min Another Man U counter, another Garnacho sprint, which ends with his shot being saved. And then there’s another shot from him, further out, rattling the side netting. Rashford goes off and on comes Mason Mount, so Man U may be switching to 4-4-2. 84 min Evans goes off to be replaced by Rapha Varane, the only defender on United’s bench. The free kick leads to come head tennis in Man U’s box before the ball is nonchalantly cleared by Garnacho, passing to himself down the right wing. 82 min Man U pick up their first card as Jonny Evans tries to rescue himself. Instead he seems to have hurt himself, so there’s a delay. 81 min The away fans are singing now. “One Bobby Charlton, there’s only one Bobby Charlton.” 79 min The goal sparks Paul Heckingbottom into his first unforced change. He takes off Jason McAtee, who’s been impressive, and sends on Ben Osborn. There is hope for Sheff Utd, just because Man Utd so often concede just after scoring. 78 min One full-back to another: Lindelof, on the left wing, found Dalot in the D, and he curled a beauty into the top-right-hand corner. That’s the sort of goal Bobby Charlton used to score. GOAL! Sheff Utd 1-2 Man Utd (Dalot 77) And it’s a cracker! 74 min A spell of possession for Man Utd, with, you guessed it, no end product. The home fans laugh. 69 min “You do feel a goal for Man Utd might be coming,” says Alan Smith. It’s true that they’ve dominated the last ten minutes, but the killer blow seems to be beyond them. And they haven’t got McTominay to finish his fairytale. 68 min Amrabat hits the post! With a screamer. 66 min Chance! Hamer goes too high with his shot after an excellent run by McAtee – a Phil Foden jig, coming in from the right and showing lovely control. 64 min Erik ten Hag is making three changes: Eriksen for McTominay, Martial for Hojlund, and Garnacho for Antony, so presumably Rashford will go over to the right. 63 min Maguire sends a long pass forward to Fernandes, who engineers a half-chance for McTominay. He can’t get there, would someone in the process, and is then subbed. 61 min Victor Lindelof has been creeping into midfield from left-back, and now he’s so far forward that he gets caught offside. You could call it dopey, but I’m impressed that Lindelof is playing at all after being so caught up in the awful events in Brussels. 58 min Just wide! From Rashford, left foot, low, crisply struck but not quite accurate enough. 55 min A mix-up in the Sheff Utd box: Rashford, who could do a Declan Rice, opts to be unselfish and passes to Hojlund, whose shot is saved. 52 min Oli McBurnie is going off, possibly with a knock. At least he scored, after a long drought, with that excellent penalty. He gives way to Rhian Brewster, who immediately takes a fine swerving shot himself. Onana pushes it away and Maguire, by hook or by crook, stops McAtee putting away the rebound. 50 min The second corner sails over everyone and is easily seen out for a throw by Maguire, who seems to be enjoying being back on his old stamping ground. 48 min Close! Norwood’s shot from the D is probably going over but Onana has to palm it to make sure. The resulting corner leads to another corner. 46 min Man Utd kick off but get stuck in their own half. Eventually Lindelof finds Rashford, who runs into traffic in the box. No changes at half-time from either manager. It keeps happening. As it stands, Sheff Utd are still bottom, but with twice as many points (two) as they had at 8pm. And Man Utd are up to ninth, one point ahead of Chelsea. HALF-TIME! Sheff Utd 1-1 Man Utd A half of two halves. The first was all Sheffield United, strolling into the box without making it tell. The second was all about Scott McTominay, first grabbing another vital goal, then conceding one by giving away a penalty. Man United are playing better now, but then they could hardly play worse. On this form, they will be marmalised in the Manchester derby. 45+4 min Some stout defending sees off another Man U attack. A replay shows that Foderingham did really well there, getting a firm right hand to Hojlund’s shot. “I have to disagree with you on the penalty,” says Mark Gillespie. “McTominay’s arm didn’t come out, the movement was as he tried to pull it away. Compare that with the claim the same referee waved away when Utd played Spurs, and Romero’s arm was outside sideways away from his body, for example. I think we’re getting less consistent, not more, with the handball law.” Maybe we can all agree about that.