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Default Re: Man United U-21 Matches 2015/16



UNDER-21S: EVERTON 2 UNITED 0

Barclays Under-21 Premier League | 1 February 2016 | Finch Farm | Scorers: Holgate 32, Dyson 80.

Manchester United remain four points adrift of leaders Sunderland in the Barclays Under-21 Premier League table after a rare defeat - 2-0 against Everton.

The game was originally due to be played at Southport's Merseyrail Community Stadium but a waterlogged pitch meant a switch of venue to the Toffees' Finch Farm complex.

With no MUTV live cameras nor fans permitted, it was a rather low key setting for such a fixture. Everton had a good deal of the ball in the opening stages of the game, but United’s defence worked doggedly to keep their scoring chances down to a minimum.


There was a strong wind gusting across the training complex – anyone who has visited Finch Farm will know that it’s an sprawling exposed facility – but it was difficult to ascertain exactly which way it was blowing and which team, if either, was benefiting.

It was certainly a full-blooded match with both sides contesting each and every ball. Everton took the lead, in the 32nd minute, when Kieran Dowell crossed from the right for Mason Holgate, a trialist with United last year, to head home.

United went close to levelling in the minutes leading up to half time with Joe Riley firing over and Devonte Redmond hitting the side-netting from Adnan Januzaj’s corner. The strength of the wind appeared to intensify after break, but it didn’t stop the sides from continuing their breathless approach to the contest.

It was definitely a case of no quarter asked and no quarter given with every challenge approached with increasing gusto. James Weir hit a rising shot over the bar, in the 64th minute, and Januzaj did his level best to find an opening against the massed ranks of blue shirts.

United keeper Joel Castro Pereira dealt with a fierce drive from former United starlet Sam Byrne. However, the visitors' hopes of salvaging something from a chilly night on Merseyside looked doomed 10 minutes from the end when Calum Dyson headed a second goal from a Byrne cross to the far post.

The Reds did their best to reduce the arrears in the minutes that remained, but Everton had done enough to clinch a hard-fought victory. Warren Joyce's men will need to pick themselves up for next week's outing at Old Trafford against Norwich City, the team that inflicted the last defeat back in late November.

Regan Poole, who signed from Newport County last summer, is now eligible to represent the club and he came off the bench in the dying seconds to make his debut.

United: J.Pereira; Fosu-Mensah, Love, Williams, Riley (Poole 89); Willock (Rothwell 89), Redmond (Rashford 61); Weir, Harrop, Januzaj; Keane. Subs: Henderson, El Fitouri.

There is free entry for all spectators at United's next Under-21 fixture - against Norwich City at Old Trafford - on Monday 8 February.

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