Academy Match Report: Nottingham Forest u18s 0-3 Manchester United u18s – Man United News And Transfer News

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Manchester United u18s travelled to the Nottingham Forest coaching floor for a lunch time kick-off on Saturday.

Coming off the again of a rare 13-1 win over Leeds United final week, Adam Lawrence’s facet would have had loads to reside as much as match the requirements.

The truth is, the opening 45 minutes have been the exact opposite this outing, with little menace on both objective.

United managed a lot of the possession within the first half however a late header from Victor Musa was the one time Nottingham Forest keeper Alastair Graham was referred to as into query.

Lawrence fired the younger Reds up at half time although as they got here out firing within the second half.

Early makes an attempt fell for Zach Baumann and Musa, the latter of which compelled one other save from Graham.

The impasse was ultimately damaged within the 61st minute when Amir Ibragimov slotted his effort into the underside left nook from inside the realm.

The floodgates then opened as James Overy doubled the lead shortly after, discovering the identical nook as Ibragimov, to attain his first objective the membership after signing in the summertime.

Maybe probably the most thrilling a part of the match wasn’t a objective, however somewhat the return of Shea Lacey who got here off the bench for the ultimate 16 minutes.

Thought of one of many prime abilities on the membership, Lacey has been restricted to only two begins to date this season and right this moment featured for the primary time since February.

The silky trickster put his expertise to make use of straight away to seal the win by establishing James Bailey in stoppage time to make it 0-3.

It was additionally an important day for u16s Noah Ajayi, who additionally got here off the bench to make his u18s debut lower than 24 hours after additionally making his u21s debut on Friday evening.

The win leaves United in second place, trailing rivals Manchester Metropolis by two factors with 4 matches remaining.

Subsequent up for the younger Reds is a house tie with the difficult Derby County, who’re presently in fourth place.

United: Murdock, Overy, Ngwashi (Mills 70), Armer, Plunkett, Devaney, Baumann (Bailey 73), Lusale (Ajayi 84), Ibragimov (Lacey 74), Thwaites, Musa

Unused subs: Byrne-Hughes

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