Sheffield United keep up pressure on the top two as Bristol City surge into the play-off places and Brentford come from behind with five-goal display Sheffield United beat Bolton to keep up pressure on Leeds and Norwich David McGoldrick and Billy Sharp fired the Blades to victory at Bramall Lane Bristol City moved ahead of Derby and into the play-offs by beating Swansea Brentford stormed back from two goals down to beat Blackburn 5-2 Birmingham City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0; Reading and Aston Vila goalless Middlesbrough staged late comeback to defeat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 By Press Association Published: 17:59 GMT, 2 February 2019 | Updated: 18:00 GMT, 2 February 2019 Viewcomments Sheffield United kept the pressure on the top two in the Championship courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Bolton at Bramall Lane. With leaders Leeds facing fellow high-flyers Norwich in the evening kick-off, the Blades knew they could make ground with a win. And they did just that as David McGoldrick and Billy Sharp netted their 11th and 20th goals of the season respectively to leave struggling Bolton three points from safety. Billy Sharp celebrates scoring Sheffield United's second goal as they defeated Bolton 2-0 Sharp's 20th goal of the season was a header to secure the three points at Bramall Lane David McGoldrick had earlier opened the scoring as the Blades boosted their promotion bid Britt Assombalonga fired Middlesbrough to a 3-2 win over fellow promotion rivals West Brom at the Hawthorns. Jay Rodriguez and Dwight Gayle netted for the Baggies, who trailed to George Saville's 17th-minute opener. But Assombalonga, a 65th-minute substitute, made an impact with a brace in the final 15 minutes. Britt Assombalonga celebrates scoring Middlesbrough's winning goal against West Brom Assombalonga had earlier equalised in a dramatic late turnaround at the The Hawthorns Championship results Birmingham City 2-0 Nottingham Forest Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers Bristol City 2-0 Swansea City Hull City 2-0 Stoke City Ipswich Town 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United Reading 0-0 Aston Villa Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Middlesbrough Wigan Athletic 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Bristol City surged into the top six, leapfrogging Derby, with a 2-0 triumph over Swansea at Ashton Gate. Second-half goals from Andreas Weimann and Callum O'Dowda secured the Robins their seventh consecutive win in all competitions. Brentford produced a storming comeback from two goals down to beat play-off chasing Blackburn 5-2 at Griffin Park. Bradley Dack and Danny Graham netted in the opening seven minutes for Rovers, but Said Benrahma, Ollie Watkins (two), Neal Maupay and Sergi Canos completed a fine turnaround. Jota and Che Adams powered Birmingham to a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest, who had Yohan Benalouane sent off late on at St Andrews, while Reading and Aston Villa drew 0-0 at the Madejski Stadium. New Stoke striker Sam Vokes had a debut to forget, missing a penalty in the 2-0 defeat to Hull at the KCOM Stadium. Che Adams celebrates scoring Birmingham City's second goal against Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest manager Martin O'Neil (standing) and his assistant Roy Keane watch on Jarrod Bowen's free-kick put Hull ahead in the 44th minute, his 15th goal of the campaign, just before Vokes failed to score from 12 yards, with Kamil Grosicki adding a second for City in the 64th minute. Bottom-placed Ipswich are eight points adrift of safety after Lucas Joao's last-minute goal secured Steve Bruce a 1-0 win in his first game in charge of Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road. Millwall and Rotherham remain above the relegation zone following a goalless draw at the Den. Josh Windass and debutant Leon Clarke scored to take Wigan further clear of the relegation zone with a 2-1 victory over QPR, who set up a nervy finish through Bright Osayi-Samuel at the DW Stadium. Lucas Joao celebrates Sheffield Wednesday's late winner at relegation threatened Ipswich New Wednesday manager Steve Bruce was delighted with victory in his first match in charge Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility