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Default Re: Man United U-23 Matches 2017/18

U23S: MANCHESTER UNITED 1 LIVERPOOL 3

Premier League 2 | Leigh Sports Village | Scorers: J. Wilson 61; Ejaria 14, Grujic 71, H. Wilson 74

Manchester United's Under-23 team put on a spirited second-half performance against a strong Liverpool side at Leigh Sport Village Stadium on Monday evening, but in the end the Merseysiders collected all three points.

An excellent attendance of 4,557 spectators saw the visitors on top for most of the opening period, but their superior possession only yielded one first-half goal - from Ovie Ejaria in the 14th minute.

Ricky Sbragia's words of wisdom at half-time certainly paid dividends with a much-improved home display, featuring an equaliser from James Wilson in the 61st minute, and with a touch of luck the hosts could have gleaned something from the evening. Instead, two further goals from Marko Grujic and Harry Wilson finally put the game beyond United's reach.

This Premier League 2 Division One meeting could have been described as a basement versus summit contest with the great North West rivals separated by ten clubs in the twelve-team competition. Liverpool started the evening at the top of pile with a healthy haul of 18 points from the seven games completed, while United were at the other end of the table with five points from the same number of matches.

Most observers would have been quick to suggest that the visitors would be odds-on to collect the points but have meetings between the Reds of Manchester and Merseyside ever been that simple to predict? In truth, the first 45 minutes did, for most of the time, proceed according to the script or the form book.

Brimming with confidence, the current Premier League 2 leaders certainly performed in a way that illustrated perfectly that their place at the top of the table is definitely justified. However, with United battling hard, Liverpool were limited to Ejaria's 14th-minute opener and for sure they wouldn't have been totally happy with their output in front of goal. At the other end, both James Wilson and Demetri Mitchell went close to finding the net.

If the first half belonged to Liverpool, the action after the break was a good deal more balanced with United pushing forward so much more than earlier. The improvement was rubber-stamped in the 61st minute when Joshua Bohui’s surging run ended with a fine pass to Wilson, who tucked the ball neatly past visiting goalkeeper Kamil Grabara.

However, the Merseysiders were not to be denied their seventh victory in eight league games and they claimed it with Grujic's header in the 71st minute and Harry Wilson's clinical finish three minutes later. There was a late flurry of activity in the Liverpool area but unfortunately for United, Indy Boonen and substitute DJ Buffonge both hit their shots against the woodwork.

United: O'Hara; Riley, Warren, Williams R-S, Mitchell (Dearnley 81); Kehinde, Hamilton, Redmond, Boonen; Bohui (McIntosh-Buffonge 85); Wilson. Substitutes not used: Richardson, Scott, Whelan.

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