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Default Re: Man United U-18 Matches 2015/16

UNDER-18S : NORWICH 2 UNITED 3



Barclays Under-18 Premier League Merit Group | 22 April 2016 | Colney Training Centre | Scorers: Couzens 16, Higgs 22 | Tanner 46, Barlow 69, Gomes 88.

Manchester United's Under-18s staged a terrific fightback to claim victory over Norwich City at a cloudy and chilly Colney Training Centre on Friday afternoon.

Trailing by two goals at the break, the Reds appeared to be heading for defeat but their second-half performance did much to erase the memory of the earlier 45 minutes. United were aiming to build on recent improved form and certainly looked bright and ready for the challenge early on despite the previous day's long journey to Norfolk from Manchester.

Norwich, in their green and yellow quartered shirts, gave this game the impression of what a United versus Newton Heath contest could have looked like as that combination of colours was, of course, worn by United’s founding club back in the 1870s.

There was little to choose between the teams in the early stages, but then United were hit by two goals from the Canaries inside six minutes. George Couzens put the Canaries in front after 16 minutes and, soon after, Kieran Higgs found the net to stretch the home side’s lead.

It has to be said that it didn’t look good for the young Reds as they disappeared into the sanctuary of the dressing room at half-time but that was all to change immediately after the break.

Within 40 seconds of the restart, United were back in the hunt as George Tanner found the target after receiving the ball from Angel Gomes. That early reply was just what the doctor ordered and it provided the springboard for a remarkable turnaround to the game.

United were a completely different proposition from the first half and there were encouraging signs that a comeback could be on the cards. That possibility increased in the 69th minute when substitute Aidan Barlow took a pass from Indy Boonen before scoring the equaliser with an angled shot.

Norwich then went close to restoring the lead but United’s defence stood firm and DJ Buffonge had a shot blocked. The Reds' recovery was completed in the 88th minute when Gomes raced down the left before slotting home past Canaries keeper Jake Hallett.

‘A game of two halves’ is an over-used description, but this match certainly fitted snuggly into that category. Meanwhile, Italian defender Luca Ercolani and schoolboy keeper James Thompson were named on the bench for the first time for the Under-18s.

United : Moutha-Sebtaoui; Olosunde (Dunne 85), Warren, Scott, Reid; Buffonge, Sang (Barlow 62), Kehinde, Buffonge, Tanner (Makela 76); Gomes; Boonen. Subs not used: J.Thompson, Ercolani.

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