Youth Team/Cup

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Sub : Stewart on for Hardy

Still 2-0, but we've looked a little better since the break.

[Allan]

Leyton Stewart on for Joe Hardy.

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2-1

Bearne with the left-foot drive from 25 yards out.

Eight minutes left to play.

[Allan]

Good strike from Bearne, though seemed to go under the Bilbao keeper.

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full time Liverpool 1 Athletic 2

There's no such thing as a good defeat. All the same, we were the better team in the second half.

We now need to beat Wolves at Molineux at the end of the month to qualify.

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Under-18s at Stoke, 11 a.m., LFCTV online ONLY :

 

Ojrzynski; Walls, Beck, Quansah, Savage, Balagizi, Hill, Morton, Norris, Bearne, Stewart.

 

Subs: Davies, Wilson, Rodrigues, Bradley, Woltman.

 

[Allan]

Good to see Jakub back. Made a very encouraging start to his career with us, looks a good prospect.

 

Hopefully Jaros will be back before much longer. Another fine goalkeeping prospect.

 

Wonder how far off Koumetio is from returning too. He's another that was very impressive in the early stages of the season.

[Allan]

Stoke 1 Liverpool 0

 

Game is less than a minute old. Set piece from the right, deep to the back post. Ball headed back across goal for the big forward, Andre Goderinne, to tap in from a yard out.

[Allan]

Stewart picks up a daft booking for some unnecessary handbags after he'd been fouled. He's pushed out at a couple of the Stoke players in the first half hour. Something that he'll need to watch.

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1-1

Stewart chips their keeper from the left side of the area, in stoppage time at the end of the first half.

 

The ref blows up for the break immediately as Stoke kick off.

[Allan]

Stoke 1 Liverpool 1

 

Tyler Morton dinks a nice ball through to Leyton Stewart to the left of the 18 yard box. Leyton lifts the ball over the home keeper and into the back of the net.

[Allan]

Half time - Stoke 1 Liverpool 1

 

A half peppered with sloppy moments, poor passes and few chances. The lads at the back have been guilty of some really poor passes when trying to play out from the back, Remi Savage in particular has made a number of sloppy passes.

 

After going a goal behind so early, we've seen most of the ball without creating an awful lot. Leyton Stewart had a half chance midway through the half when the home keeper came flying out to the edge of his box, allowing Leyton to go round him, but the tight angle and the defenders getting back prevented the young striker from finding the net, or Jack Bearne in the 6 yard box.

 

We did however deservedly get back on level terms just before the end of the half. A really nice little ball from Tyler Morton finished well by the number 9, Stewart.

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Sub : Bearne off, Bradley on

 

Hill moves forward

[Allan]

Bradley on for Bearne.

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2-1!

Bradley with the header from a Morton free-kick, that Bradley had won himself, just three minutes from the end.

[Allan]

Woltman on for Hill.

[Allan]

Stoke 1 Liverpool 2

 

Tyler Morton's free kick from the right is headed home by sub Connor Bradley.

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Balagizi off, Wilson on

[Allan]

Wilson on for Balagizi.

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Full time 2-1;

Three points scratched out.

 

We looked a lot better once Bradley came on.

[Allan]

Full time - Stoke 1 Liverpool 2

 

A good win for the 18s. Went behind early, grabbed the equaliser just before the break, and won the game late on.

 

Stoke probably seen more of the ball in the second half as we looked to hit them on the break a little more. The lads at the back upped their game in the second half, with their passing much more assured than in the first 45. We never really looked threatened by the home side, and coped well with the majority of set pieces.

 

At the other end of the pitch, Layton Stewart put in a really good shift, making some good runs down the channels to pull the centre backs out of position for midfield runners to move in to. Lewtas made a tactical switch during the second half, swapping Balagizi and Morton around in the middle of the park which worked well.

[Allan]

The 23s host Southampton at the Academy this evening. Kick off at 19:00, with live coverage on the offal from 18:30.

 

Alles ist gut will post the team news once he sees it, and I'll likely duplicate his post a brief moment later...

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"Probably" some Liam Millar.

"Possibly" some Adam Lewis on the bench.

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Winterbottom; Williams, van den Berg, Boyes, Larouci, Chirivella, Cain, Clarkson, Jones, Elliott.

Subs : Atherton, Hoever, Gallacher, Dixon-Bonner, Millar.

[Allan]

2 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

Winterbottom, Williams, van den Berg, Boyes, Larouci, Chirivella, Cain, Clarkson, Jones, Elliott.

Subs : Atherton, Hoever, Gallacher, Dixon-Bonner, Millar.

We're playing with XI from the start... Joe Hardy starts too.

 

Winterbottom, Williams, van den Berg, Boyes, Larouci, Chirivella, Cain, Clarkson, Jones, Elliott, Hardy.

Subs : Atherton, Hoever, Gallacher, Dixon-Bonner, Millar.