Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom has revealed he has received support from club owner Prince Abdullah.

Heckingbottom says Prince Abdullah called him immediately after Sunday's 8-0 home defeat to Newcastle.

He said, "[Owner] Prince Abdullah was on the phone straight after the game, we speak regularly.

"That [what happens at board level] is not my concern, my concern is this building and the unity.

"We understand we need to be better. We've seen teams suffer these defeats before and come back.

"We want it to be a one off and we need to take things from it.

"There are things in there that can be big reminders. At times we were good and even in the first 20 or 25 minutes we had spells as the better team.

"We know the margins are so fine and we know how well we have to play to get the wins, so we must be critical. Some things happened in the second half that we can't allow to happen again."