Youth Team/Cup

[Anubis]

Wrong thread.

[Allan]

[Allan]

An under 19s side played the Qatar Under 19 side earlier today, drawing 2-2 after going 2-0 down.

 

Offal Report

 

Cameron Brannagan continued his recovery as Liverpool U19s overturned a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with the Qatar U19 national team.

 

Brannagan, who had previously been sidelined with a wrist injury, donned the captain's armband as he played the entirety of Tuesday's friendly in Kirkby.

 

The 21-year-old notched his first minutes of the season on Sunday for the U23s, as they edged Manchester City in dramatic circumstances.

 

And under the watchful eye of U18s assistant boss Tom Culshaw, the midfielder continued his road to recovery against Qatar.

 

After falling behind 2-0, the young Reds persevered and Okera Simmonds pulled one back when he netted a superb goal following a surging run down the left flank.

 

Substitute Glen McAuley then pounced to net a deserved late equaliser when he showed great agility to finish off a low cross from the left flank, following a superb team move.

Qatar almost grabbed a last-gasp winner but goalkeeper Ben Williams produced a magnificent double save.

 

Reflecting on the game, Culshaw told Liverpoolfc.com: "It was a good run-out for the lads and important for the likes of Cameron, Paul Glatzel and Dan Griffiths to get minutes after returning from injury.

 

"The lads did well to come back and Okera and Glen scored two excellent goals."

[alles ist gut]

 

 

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[Allan]

Coyle at right back...? Seems to be the position that requires some further depth in the youth setup.

 

Jordan Hunter has been filling in there for the 18s while Neco Williams has been out. Doesn't seem like we've got anyone beyond these 3 for the right back position, 2 of which are central midfielders, which strikes me as odd.

[Allan]

Been getting meself sorted for my night shift, so have the game on in te background.

 

It's 2-0 to us with around half hour gone. Curtis Jones and Herbie Kane have the goals. Both close range efforts after initial efforts were blocked.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Brilliant by Millar for the second.

[Allan]

Liverpool 3 Sevilla 0

 

Curtis Jones grabs his second of the game in added time at the end of the first half. Sevilla fail to deal with a corner, and Jones has a left footed effort roll into the net.

[Allan]

Curtis Jones GOAL @LFCu19s 1-0 Sevilla u19s pic.twitter.com/MhOFxfR33U

— LFCU23s&U18s (@LFCU23sU18s) September 13, 2017

[Allan]

Herbie Kane GOAL LFC u19s 2-0 Sevilla u19s pic.twitter.com/hmPEs1ryv4

— LFCU23s&U18s (@LFCU23sU18s) September 13, 2017

[Allan]

Goal: Curtis Jones scores his 2nd of the game!3-0! #lfc pic.twitter.com/m3JPVfV9GA

— Jake Joe (@AcademyLFC) September 13, 2017

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Can be some player Curtis Jones.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Guilty of overplaying a few times Coyle.

[Allan]

Adekanye on for Herbie Kane.

[Arl arse]

Masterson 4-0

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Great goal Masterson, took it on his chest, cool finish.

[Allan]

Liverpool 4 Sevilla 0

 

Masterson with a terrific finish from a free kick. A deep free kick flighted into the box finds the young Irishman in space inside the box, he takes the ball down on his chest and then sweeps home right footed past a helpless keeper.

[Arl arse]

Save Grabara

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Pound for pound Grabara is the best keeper at the club.

[Allan]

Camacho on for Millar. Liam had a cracking game.

[Allan]

GOAL: Conor Masterson scores, 4-0! #LFC pic.twitter.com/CCEqV8uzft

— Jake Joe (@AcademyLFC) September 13, 2017

[Allan]

McAuley on for Brewster for the last few minutes.

[Arl arse]

4-0 FT

[alles ist gut]

That was fun.

 

U19s thrash Sevilla to make winning start in UYL

Liverpool U19s made a winning start to their UEFA Youth League campaign on Wednesday, beating Sevilla 4-0 at Prenton Park, writes David Lynch.

Curtis Jones' first-half double, netted either side of a Herbie Kane strike, gave Steven Gerrard's team a commanding half-time lead at the home of Tranmere Rovers, and they added to it through Conor Masterson in the second period, putting the gloss on a fine performance in their first European outing of the season.

Gerrard was able to call upon two players who regularly train alongside the senior team in Ben Woodburn and Rhian Brewster, the pair featuring in a strong starting XI on the Wirral, but that extra firepower counted for little in an evenly matched opening 20 minutes that saw both sides fluff one-on-one opportunities.

The first of those fell to Liam Millar, who did well to battle his way into the box but couldn't beat Alfonso Pastor Vacas. Luis Garcia Martinez, meanwhile, did not even test the 'keeper when he found space inside the Liverpool box. However, those errant finishes were no sign of what was to come, with Liverpool stepping things up significantly to blow their opponents away before the break.

Woodburn proved key to the first, the young Welshman bursting down the right and sending in a cross that goalkeeper Pastor Vacas could only touch into the path of Jones, who did the rest. A fine Kamil Grabara save from Javi Vazquez followed immediately, but the Reds were soon back up the other end doubling their lead.

On this occasion it was Kane who added his name to the scoresheet, the midfielder benefiting from Millar's incredible dribbling run off the left wing, finishing up after the Canadian's initial effort was stopped on the line. By the time the whistle sounded for half-time, the hosts had a three-goal advantage - Jones again was the recipient of some good fortune in the ball falling to him but the Scouser still had some work to do in directing the ball home. 

Sevilla provided a sterner test in the opening exchanges of the second half, the Spaniards clearly having been told to close space and prevent the Reds adding to their tally, but they were undone again just past the hour mark as defender Masterson brilliantly controlled Woodburn's free-kick delivery on his chest before producing a centre-forward's finish to make it 4-0.

The Reds subsequently saw off a late Sevilla push for a consolation to add a clean sheet to a pleasing victory.

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/academy/275086-u19s-thrash-sevilla-to-make-winning-start-in-uyl

[alles ist gut]

Under-18s League Cup (Group Stage), vs. Middlesborough, Kirkby, 12.30 (no telly) :-

 

B. Williams, Hunter, R. Williams, Glennon, Lewis, Coyle, Longstaff, Tagseth, Millar, Jones, Camacho.

Subs: Vitezslav, Raitanen, Sharif, Dixon-Bonner, Hajoari