Championship: Sheffield United back on top, Sunderland edge to win at Derby

  • Swansea 1-2 Sheffield Utd, Derby 0-1 Sunderland
  • Middlesbrough 2-0 West Brom, Oxford 3-2 Luton

Sheffield United went back to the top of the Championship table after coming from behind to win 2-1 at 10-man Swansea.

After Florian Bianchini opened the scoring for Swansea in the seventh minute, the Blades came out firing in the second half with Rhian Brewster scoring a 47th-minute leveller.

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Champions League roundup: Atlético Madrid fight back to stun Leverkusen

  • Julián Álvarez double seals 2-1 win for 10-man Atléti
  • Bologna 2-1 Dortmund, Red Star 2-3 PSV Eindhoven

Atlético Madrid fought back from a goal and a man down to rescue a dramatic 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The hosts played more than an hour with a man down after midfielder Pablo Barrios was shown a straight red card for a reckless studs-up tackle from behind on Jeremie Frimpong in the 24th minute. Jan Oblak made a string of saves but the Germans broke the deadlock just before the break with a headed goal by Piero Hincapié.

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