Chris Wilder fires warning shot to Leeds United and Burnley amid Sheffield United dip in form

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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder admitted there's "no margin for error" in their quest for automatic promotion following a 1-0 home loss to Millwall as Leeds United reclaimed top spot.

Josh Coburn scored the only goal of the match in the first half, condemning the Blades to consecutive Championship defeats. The defeat saw Wilder's team fall out of the top two, trailing Leeds and Burnley by two points with just five matches left.

"We have to deal with the negativity because we've brought it on ourselves, I've no problem with that," Wilder stated, whose team also suffered a 1-0 defeat at Oxford on Saturday.

"The narrative will be 'we're out of the race'. I don't think that's the case with five games to go.

"We've got to reset. I've got to pick the right team for Saturday (at Plymouth) because there's no real margin for error now.

"We've not lost three games on the spin all season, we've lost two twice. We've got to adjust that and get back on track, so these last two results don't define our season."

Wilder urged his players to handle the increasing pressure better after Leeds returned to the summit with a win at Middlesbrough and Burnley drew nil-nil at Derby. He said: "It was a difficult night for us, a frustrating night. The longer the game went on, the more we didn't control our emotions well enough.

"The anxiety sort of crept into the players and decisions they've not really made all season started creeping into their game."

As the season heats up, the manager emphasized: "If you go deep into a season like we are doing, we've got to deal with this a lot better.

"It's a new experience for a lot of our players, playing for a big club in this division – it's not League One now, it's big boys' football."

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