Youth Team/Cup

[Allan]

Danny Ward keeps the score at 1-0 with a cracking double save to deny the visitors an equaliser.

[Allan]

Adekanye on for Dhanda.

 

Quiet game for Yan.

[Allan]

Liverpool 1 Mancs 1

 

The visiting skipper Joe Riley with the equaliser. The right back given too much time on the edge of the box, uses Gallacher to bend the ball beyond a helpless Ward.

[Allan]

Penalty to the Mancs. Neco Williams with the foul just inside the box.

[Allan]

Liverpool 1 Mancs 2

 

Gribbin makes no mistake from the spot, sending Danny Ward the wrong way.

[Allan]

Gomes on for Woodburn.

[Allan]

Full time - Liverpool 1 Mancs 2

 

2 goals in 2 minutes from the visitors gave them the 3 point this evening as our poor form continues at this level.

 

We probably deserved a draw to be fair, but we didn't do enough to win the game.

[alles ist gut]

That was a depressing evening, apart from our goal, and an hour of competent defending from Phillips.

 

Onwards and upw... well, onward, anyway. The U-18s will put out a very young team against Derby County at Kirkby this lunchtime (kick-off at noon, no live transmission), team details to follow.

[alles ist gut]

As a slight distraction from your TV, the halftime score at Kirkby is 1-0 to us (Brookwell 13).

[alles ist gut]

Full time at Kirkby, 1-0.

[alles ist gut]

 

Report: Brookwell strikes as U18s beat Derby County

 

Niall Brookwell scored the only goal of the game as Liverpool U18s clinched another important three points with a 1-0 win over Derby County at the Kirkby Academy on Saturday, writes Steve Hunter. The goal came in the opening half, the youngster finding the net from a well-worked set-piece.

Reflecting on a vital win, U18s boss Steven Gerrard told Liverpoolfc.com: "It was a good win for us and we had to work hard for the three points. Rhys Williams and Tom Clayton defended really well for us and we had Caoimhin Kelleher in goal who was superb. Caoimhin did all the basics well and he was certainly a help to us.

"Niall did well to get his goal when he was the quickest to react from a set-piece and to be fair to him he has earned the shirt. He has done really well and I’m pleased with him. He competes, he will run through a wall for you and he uses the ball intelligently.

I am just a bit concerned about the level of quality because we never passed the ball well enough and created enough, but I’m really pleased with the result because the lads dug in and competed really well.

"For myself and the staff we realised pretty quickly that, with the group of players we have had in the last couple of games, it doesn’t really suit us to go and press the ball high up, so we are sort of sitting off teams a little bit. When we do win the ball then we try and break and spring forward and surprise teams, but with the youngsters we have in our squad we haven’t really got the energy and power yet to go and press teams for the full 90 minutes, so we want to reserve energy and be difficult to play against. The kids have carried out the gameplans really well to be fair to them and it will be a great learning experience for them.”

 

Liverpool U18s: Kelleher, Larouci, Boyes (Savage, 80), Hunter (Walls, 45), R Williams, Clayton, Sharif (Cain, 70), Dixon-Bonner, McAuley, Bearne, Brookwell.

Subs not used: Jaros, O’Rourke.

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/academy/293822-report-brookwell-strikes-as-u18s-beat-derby-county

[Allan]

The 19s travel to City this afternoon for their quarter final tie in the UEFA Youth League.

 

Kick off at 13:00, with live coverage on BT Sport 2 from 13:00.

 

There will be delayed coverage on the offal as well... They'll be showing the full game from 23:00.

[alles ist gut]

[Allan]

For those, like me, who can't see the image cinco has posted above, here's the line-up in plain text...

 

Liverpool U19s: Grabara, N. Williams, Masterson, Johnston, Lewis, Kane, Woodburn, Jones, Camacho, Adekanye, Millar.

 

Subs: R. Williams, Jaros, Clayton, Boyes, Sharif, Larouci, McAuley.

 

The winners of this game will play Barcelona in the semi finals.

[Allan]

5 minutes in, still 0-0.

 

We've started brightly, with Rafa Camacho having an early shot at goal, but his effort flew over the crossbar.

[alles ist gut]

Curtis Jones 1-0

 

Counter-attack led by Liam Miller (best player on the pitch so far), cross deflected into the path of the extravagantly coiffured Jones, who made no mistake from close range.

[Allan]

City 0 Liverpool 1

 

Cracking counter attack ends with Curtis Jones finishing from close range.

[Allan]

Adam Lewis booked. He'll miss the semi if we qualify.

[Allan]

Masterson now booked. City have a free kick on the edge of our box.

[alles ist gut]

1-1 free kick by Nmecha deflected past Grabara

[Allan]

City 1 Liverpool 1

 

The free kick from the City skipper takes a big deflection and wrong foots Grabara.

[Allan]

Masterson denied by the City keeper from close range following good work from Adekanye down our left.

[alles ist gut]

And about twelve step-overs by Jones.

 

Half time, 1-1.

[Allan]

Half time - City 1 Liverpool 1

 

We've been the better side in the first half. Looked really lively going forward and took a deserved lead through Curtis Jones following an incisive counter attack.

 

There was no need for Masterson to make the challenge on the edge of the box, but City got a huge slice of luck with the massive deflection giving Grabara no chance.

[alles ist gut]

Nmecha misses a sitter from 4 yards out.