JAMIE VARDY struck late to secure a 2-1 victory for Leicester City against winless Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

The hosts battled back after conceding first and probably deserved a point, but failed to create enough chances before getting caught by a sucker punch.

Chris Wilder was left to rue a number of errors in the game and admits his team should have seen it out.

“There is nobody else to blame,” he said.

“We’re in a good position; we have a throw deep in their half. It comes back to Bash [Chris Basham], he doesn’t make a right decision. [The play] gets broken up, comes back to Jon Fleck, he doesn’t make a right decision and the inevitable happens.

“One ball, Jamie Vardy, finish, goal. He’s done it all his career. I’m not going to sit here and say we were the better team; the ball was turned over too cheaply again and didn’t show the quality needed to build momentum in the Premier League.

“You just can’t lose in that manner. It was really poor from our point of view.”

It wasn’t surprising to see the Foxes dominating the ball throughout, but Vardy and James Maddison were still finding space and causing problems for the hosts. They linked up within 10 minutes, and Vardy should have given his side the lead when he crashed an effort against the woodwork.

The Blades were struggling to string passes together, but finally created an opening when Oli McBurnie played in Oliver Burke, but the winger lost his footing before he could get a shot away.

Leicester grabbed the lead when Ayoze Perez — in from the cold after six weeks out of the team — volleyed home from close range.

But Sheffield United — whose solitary point from 10 games is their worst start to a Premier League season ever — showed their mettle and levelled it up just two minutes later. McBurnie powered a header past a stagnant Kasper Schmeichel from John Lundstram’s corner. 

Perez was threatening throughout the first half, and twice almost had a hand in a second goal. First, he flashed an effort across the six-yard box, and then he laid on for Maddison, who struck the same post as Vardy.

The pace and intensity so evident in Leicester’s play before half time was stunted after the break. They went close when Maddison combined with substitute Kelechi Iheanacho, but his shot was blocked. Christian Fuchs then struck over as frustration began to grow.

Vardy, a boyhood Sheffield Wednesday fan, struck the critical blow into United hearts with a winner a minute from time. Maddison slipped him through, and his finish past Ramsdale was emphatic.