Nervy times as Sapsford keeps United in slight lead

ZAC SAPSFORD was the Dundee United saviour with the only goal of the game against UNA Strassen at Tannadice.

- By Neil Robertson

ZAC SAPSFORD was the Dundee United saviour with the only goal of the game against UNA Strassen at Tannadice.

The Aussie summer signing netted after the break with the Terrors still having plenty to do in the second leg of this UEFA Conference League second qualifying round tie.

The hosts started brightly and were the first to threaten when Kristijan Trapanovski hit a fizzing long-range effort that Strassen keeper Koray Ozcan comfortably gathered.

Shortly after, the visitors had a great chance when Daryl Myre burst down the left and, with United keeper Yevhen Kucherenko rushing out, he attempted an audacious lob but it flew wide.

The Terrors fired straight back with Sapsford playing in Vicko Sevelj, but his shot was well blocked by Ozcan.

The keeper was the busiest man in Tannadice, making subsequent stops from Trapanovski and Krisztian Keresztes.

However, the deadlock was broken just two minutes into the second half when Sapsford beat a defender with a sublime piece of skill before drilling the ball low into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.