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U18s: United vs. Blackburn
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J Pereira, C Evans, McConnell, Borthwick-Jackson, Barber, Riley, Goss, Willock, Mitchell, Redmond, Rashford
Subs v Blackburn: Henderson, Ioannou, Croskery, McTominay, Tuanzebe
Almost as windy today as the derby match, unfortunately
Subs v Blackburn: Henderson, Ioannou, Croskery, McTominay, Tuanzebe
Almost as windy today as the derby match, unfortunately
Is Harrop injured?
Blackburn apparently putting out an inexperienced team with several u16s. We should win this.
Blackburn apparently putting out an inexperienced team with several u16s. We should win this.
1-0 Blackburn from a FK on the edge of the box.
the wind is fecking horrific
Mitchell is playing well
2-0 Blackburn on halftime
Any streams about?
Tame performance. Wind or no wind, we should be creating something with the likes of Mitchell, Rashford and Goss out there.
Without Fletcher or Wilson the team seems to play in front of the opposition and lacks penetration/pace. Mitchell looks most likely to create something.
That wind is unreal.
1-2 mistake by their keeper
2-1...the wind really is crazy
Rashford with the goal btw........
We'll win this now i think....
We'll win this now i think....
Should be 3-1. Awful..ahhh should be 2-2 up the other end.
I like this lad for Blackburn...Chani is it?
Now feck right off you twat...theirs did exactly the same and got let off the second booking.
feck, down to 10 men. Evans sent off.
This ref has been an utter utter cnut
Live on MUTV so let's pull the cards out
Live on MUTV so let's pull the cards out
Evans had one early in the first half he could have got booked for so no real arguments. Needs to stay on his feet when you are already on a yellow.
3-1...feck sake
Great effor that...
3-2 big mistake from keeper
Their keeper wants to make this one interesting.
Next goal is the one
No need to shoot from there....
Keep it on the deck lads ffs
This is bordering on a farce now.
off the bar
Has this Blackburn keeper got a bet on??? 
tbf playing in goal in that sort of wind is an absolute nightmare.
ugh 2-4. 92mins. Game over
I blame Elliott, he jinxed it.
Fair enough.
Dreadfully uninspired performance makes it....what, 4 straight defeats? Mitchell and McConnell the only ones to come away with any sort of glory.
Barclays U18 Premier League
Saturday 8 February 2014
Aon Training Complex
MANCHESTER UNITED 2
(Rashford 49, Goss 58)
BLACKBURN ROVERS 4
(Joel 28, 92; Cham 44, Wall 55)
08/02/2014 13:01, Report by Nick Coppack
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U18s: United 2 B'burn 4
Blackburn Rovers clung on somewhat in the second half but eventually beat 10-man Manchester United 4-2 in a dramatic encounter at the Aon Training Complex.
Blustery conditions had a marked impact on the game, with goalkeepers’ kicks barely travelling 30 yards at times and set-pieces proving tricky as the breeze often blew the ball off its mark.
The visitors, playing with the wind in the first half, took a 2-0 lead into the interval, but the change of ends at the break was always going to suit United in the second period.
By the hour mark, another three goals – two to United – had been scored, although Callum Evans’ dismissal meant the Reds faced an uphill task (albeit with the wind at their backs) to salvage anything from the game.
Blackburn’s two first-half goals both came from outside the penalty area – Sam Joel curling in a superb free-kick on 28 minutes before the lively Mo Cham doubled the advantage with a low strike that crept inside the upright on the stroke of half-time.
After the break, it took United just four minutes to pull a goal back, courtesy of a horrendous error by left-back Mark Edgar. Under no pressure, Edgar played a pass across his goal straight to Marcus Rashford, leaving the striker to simply roll the ball past goalkeeper Andrew Fisher.
United’s task was then made tougher when Callum Evans was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Cham on a Rovers counter-attack. Two minutes later, it got even worse as Blackburn restored their two-goal advantage thanks to a fine finish into the roof of the net by Luke Wall.
Another Blackburn error, this time by goalkeeper Fisher, on 58 minutes gifted United a route back into the match. Sean Goss’s speculative left-foot effort from 25 yards was tame and yet somehow squirmed underneath Fisher, making his Under-18s debut, and into the net.
Ten-man United then turned up the heat: Goss hit the crossbar and Ben Barber shot just over the top before Paul McGuinness made a double substitution, bringing on Rauairi Croskery and debutant Axel Tuanzebe for Joe Riley and Marcus Rashford.
Despite more late pressure, the young Reds couldn’t find a third goal and defeat was confirmed in injury time when Sam Joel cut inside and fired home Blackburn’s fourth of the day. Even so, manager Paul McGuinness can take heart from a courageous performance from a United team reduced to 10 minutes for the majority of the second half.
United: J Pereira; C Evans, McConnell, Borthwick-Jackson, Barber; Riley (Croskery 73), Goss, Willock, Rashford (Tuanzebe 73), Redmond; Mitchell.
Saturday 8 February 2014
Aon Training Complex
MANCHESTER UNITED 2
(Rashford 49, Goss 58)
BLACKBURN ROVERS 4
(Joel 28, 92; Cham 44, Wall 55)
08/02/2014 13:01, Report by Nick Coppack
1 of 2Next
U18s: United 2 B'burn 4
Blackburn Rovers clung on somewhat in the second half but eventually beat 10-man Manchester United 4-2 in a dramatic encounter at the Aon Training Complex.
Blustery conditions had a marked impact on the game, with goalkeepers’ kicks barely travelling 30 yards at times and set-pieces proving tricky as the breeze often blew the ball off its mark.
The visitors, playing with the wind in the first half, took a 2-0 lead into the interval, but the change of ends at the break was always going to suit United in the second period.
By the hour mark, another three goals – two to United – had been scored, although Callum Evans’ dismissal meant the Reds faced an uphill task (albeit with the wind at their backs) to salvage anything from the game.
Blackburn’s two first-half goals both came from outside the penalty area – Sam Joel curling in a superb free-kick on 28 minutes before the lively Mo Cham doubled the advantage with a low strike that crept inside the upright on the stroke of half-time.
After the break, it took United just four minutes to pull a goal back, courtesy of a horrendous error by left-back Mark Edgar. Under no pressure, Edgar played a pass across his goal straight to Marcus Rashford, leaving the striker to simply roll the ball past goalkeeper Andrew Fisher.
United’s task was then made tougher when Callum Evans was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Cham on a Rovers counter-attack. Two minutes later, it got even worse as Blackburn restored their two-goal advantage thanks to a fine finish into the roof of the net by Luke Wall.
Another Blackburn error, this time by goalkeeper Fisher, on 58 minutes gifted United a route back into the match. Sean Goss’s speculative left-foot effort from 25 yards was tame and yet somehow squirmed underneath Fisher, making his Under-18s debut, and into the net.
Ten-man United then turned up the heat: Goss hit the crossbar and Ben Barber shot just over the top before Paul McGuinness made a double substitution, bringing on Rauairi Croskery and debutant Axel Tuanzebe for Joe Riley and Marcus Rashford.
Despite more late pressure, the young Reds couldn’t find a third goal and defeat was confirmed in injury time when Sam Joel cut inside and fired home Blackburn’s fourth of the day. Even so, manager Paul McGuinness can take heart from a courageous performance from a United team reduced to 10 minutes for the majority of the second half.
United: J Pereira; C Evans, McConnell, Borthwick-Jackson, Barber; Riley (Croskery 73), Goss, Willock, Rashford (Tuanzebe 73), Redmond; Mitchell.
Wind made that a bit of a farce again. Refereeing as well - no real complaints about Evans' red (even if most refs would have probably shown more leniency at u18 level), but ridiculously unfair when he bottled sending the Blackburn lad off in the first half, especially after having just booked Goss for a near identical offence (or if anything, a less serious one). Hard enough playing in those conditions without being at a man disadvantage for 40 minutes, some seriously tired legs out there by the end.
Bit more disappointing than last week as Blackburn were as 'weakened' as we were, but that lack of a genuine forward really hurt us. Really impressed by Ryan McConnell again though, perhaps the most improved player at the club this season.
Bit more disappointing than last week as Blackburn were as 'weakened' as we were, but that lack of a genuine forward really hurt us. Really impressed by Ryan McConnell again though, perhaps the most improved player at the club this season.