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Sheffield United's win against Arsenal moved them into the top half of the table

Chris Wilder says Sheffield United are not dwelling on their win against Arsenal and are fully focused on Saturday's Premier League game at West Ham.

The Blades got their biggest win of the season on Monday, as Lys Mousset got the only goal to beat Arsenal at Bramall Lane.

They now face West Ham on Saturday with both sides currently on 12 points and manager Wilder insists his players are not getting carried away.

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"I won't even have to say anything to the players," he said.

"We're not getting carried away at all, it was a great night for us as a football club.

Sheffield United's French striker Lys Mousset (2nd L) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal past during the English Premier League football match between Sheffield United and Arsenal at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, northern England on October 21, 2019.
Image: Lys Mousset celebrates scoring the winner against Arsenal.

"It was great for us to play under that scrutiny and up against world class players, whose goal is to try and reach the top four places.

"It's my pet hate with attitude that we would become a spike team, the big one and the big test now is what happens on Saturday."

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This weekend's match between Sheffield Utd and West Ham is the first in the Premier League since the controversial events of 2007 involving Carlos Tevez.

West Ham beat champions Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford thanks to Tevez's winner that saved the Hammers from the drop and sent Neil Warnock's team down on goal difference.

Carlos Tevez sneaks the ball under Edwin van der Sar at Old Trafford
Image: Carlos Tevez gets the winner for West Ham at Manchester United that sent Sheffield Utd down

The Blades were furious that the striker was eligible to play at the end of the 2006/07 campaign after the existence of third-party agreements had been discovered that January, but an independent Premier League commission imposed a record £5.5m fine on the London club rather than a points deduction.

Wilder said of the saga 12 years on: "There's a lot of water gone under the bridge since and it's a long time ago.

"I've always got a big admiration for West Ham with the way they've gone about it in the past.

Carlos Tevez West Ham
Image: Tevez played a crucial role in West Ham's survival by scoring six times in the final nine games of the 2006/07 season

"I think they are a very similar club to Sheffield United - a working-class club from the east end of London and the supporters want to see them play good football and work hard.

"In terms of what happened at the time, it was nothing to do with the players and nothing to do with the supporters. It was an administrative situation that got decided by the Premier League at the time.

"Off the back of that, with social media as well and going back and forth, there has been banter flying about, but we have played them once again already since in a cup game (in 2014) and this is a new group of players."

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