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Sheffield Utd boss Wilder tells Henderson: You must improve

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has told Dean Henderson to cut out the mistakes if he wants to be an England star.

The Blades goalkeeper was left distraught when his second-half blunder at Bramall Lane on Saturday gifted all three points to Liverpool.

Wilder said: "He has the raw qualities. As you have seen here, he makes big saves, but he has to learn from experience and he has to grow.

"This is a big season for him individually. It is up to him how he develops. He has got first-class coaching from our point of view.

"He has got team-mates that think a lot about him and as a manager, I do as well. He is an outstanding young goalkeeper but a lot will be down to how he takes it on to the next level.

"He has proved himself at every level. He has come back from mistakes. He made a huge one last year against Leeds and came back and contributed and he made a couple in a high profile Championship game against Aston Villa and came back.

"So that is the reaction, but from my point of view I don't want him to make mistakes and he can't afford to make mistakes to drag himself out of a hole.

"First and foremost, he has to cut that out, because as with all the top goalkeepers that play, mistakes are very few and far between."

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