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U18S: STOKE CITY 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 4

Under-18 Premier League | Clayton Wood | Scorers: Szereto 50, 90 (pen); Baars 33, Burkart 45, Ramazani 85, Greenwood 88

Manchester United’s youngsters sit proudly at the summit of the Premier League Under-18 North table, following a hard-fought 4-2 victory over Stoke City at Clayton Wood on Saturday.

Leaders Liverpool were in FA Youth Cup fourth-round action against Arsenal and Manchester City’s game with Middlesbrough finished 2-2, so United’s result meant that the Reds leapfrogged both clubs.

There was plenty of cloud cover above Stoke City’s Clayton Wood training centre and a brief flurry of snow ahead of this Premier League Under-18 North fixture, but the playing surface was in excellent condition despite the harsh weather that has recently been sweeping the country.

Snow was still in the air as the game commenced following a well-observed minute’s silence in memory of former West Bromwich Albion striker Cyrille Regis, who passed away earlier this week.

United were quickly into their stride and looked particularly threatening down the wings with Dutch duo Tahith Chong and Millen Baars raiding at every opportunity.

Nishan Burkart almost gave United the lead with a cheeky lofted shot, in the 18th minute, when he spotted keeper Mitchell Allen off his line. Dylan Levitt tried his luck, a few minutes later, with a long distance strike that wasn’t far away from finding the target. Then, in the 33rd minute, United opened the scoring when Burkart’s beautifully threaded pass found Baars who finished the move with an angled drive past Allen.

United were starting to dominate the contest, but it wasn’t until seconds before the break that Burkart doubled the advantage with a left-footed finish after being picked out beautifully by Aidan Barlow.

The home side started the second half with a spring in their step and, within six minutes, they had halved the advantage when Krisztofer Szereto met Venancio Da Silva’s corner before hitting his shot high into Alex Fojticek’s net.

United rallied and tried to hit back after Stoke’s goal and, with an ounce of luck, both Chong and Baars could have restored the two-goal advantage.

Coach Kieran McKenna rang the changes in the second half utilising his maximum allowance of three substitutes and it proved to be a masterstroke.

Two of his replacements, Largie Ramazani and Mason Greenwood found the net in the closing stages to rubber-stamp an excellent day for the team and even Stoke’s late penalty, scored by Szereto after a foul by Max Dunne, couldn’t dilute the celebrations.

With five minutes left, Ramazani crashed home a first-time effort when Ethan Laird's cross went all the way through to him and Greenwood's goal came when the 16-year-old was left in the clear when presented with the ball from a Allen goal-kick to stroke home with his left foot.

United: Fojticek; Laird, Dunne, O’Connor, Tanner; Garner; Chong, Levitt (Puigmal 84), Barlow, Baars (Ramazani 77); Burkart (Greenwood 70). Subs not used: Thompson, Bernard.

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YOUNG UNITED TRIO NAMED IN ENGLAND SQUAD

Three Manchester United youngsters have been named in the England Under 17s squad for the Algarve Tournament taking place this month.


Defender Ethan Laird and midfielders Mason Greenwood and Jimmy Garner are part of a 21-man roster who will head out to Portugal next week as Steve Cooper’s side step up preparations for the European Championships on home soil in May.

The young trio's inclusion is further recognition for an impressive season so far in Kieran McKenna’s Under-18s side, who currently sit top of the Premier League U18 North table after 13 games.

They also follow in the footsteps of Angel Gomes, who helped England win the Under 17s World Cup in India back in October.

The Young Lions face opposition from host nation Portugal, Germany and Netherlands at the annual competition, which takes place in and around Faro, starting next week.

They kick off against Portugal on Friday 9 February at the Sport Park Nora in Ferreiras, before facing Germany two days later at the Algarve Stadium in Almancil. The competition is then rounded off on Tuesday 13 February, when England face the Dutch at the Algarve Stadium.

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UNDER-18S ARRANGE RANGERS FRIENDLY

Manchester United's Under-18s have arranged a Valentine's Day friendly against Rangers.

The youth fixture will take place with a noon kick-off at the Ibrox outfit's training centre and enables the youngsters to enjoy another game in a new environment.

Kieran McKenna's Reds recently beat Aston Villa 5-3 in a friendly, following an Under-17s outing against Birmingham City, and the importance of creating a games programme tailored to suit the group as a whole cannot be underestimated.

"We played Aston Villa last weekend here [at the Aon Training Complex], which was a good game," explained McKenna to MUTV. "It was a really good game. We tend to get, touch wood, plenty of goals when we play out on the match pitch and it was the same last weekend. Hopefully, it'll be the same in the league against Derby this weekend."

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UNDER-18S: UNITED 6 DERBY 3

Under-18 Premier League | Aon Training Complex | Scorers: Garner 16, Greenwood 45,74 Burkart 60,90 Minkley og 71 | Knight 69, Proctor 77, Jibodu 78

Manchester United's exciting Under-18s beat Derby County 6-3 in an open encounter at the Aon Training Complex.

Mason Greenwood and substitute Nishan Burkart both claimed doubles as a see-saw battle unfolded after the break, in particular, after the Reds led 2-0 at the interval.

Jimmy Garner opened the scoring in the 16th minute, spraying the ball out wide to Millen Baars on the right and arriving with perfect timing in the box to stretch to prod home when the Dutchman's shot deflected to him.

Jayden Mitchell-Lawson had already hit a post with a rasping drive and Derby had their fair share of chances with Alex Fojticek kept busy. Baars and Brandon Williams also had chances for the hosts before Mason Greenwood turned superbly in the box to fire goalwards, with the ball ricocheting off keeper Matthew Yates and over the line.

In the second half, things really livened up when Burkart replaced the injured Baars as the wiss striker took only three minutes to tap in after Largie Ramazani ran onto a Greenwood pass and forced a save out of Yates. Greenwood carved out opportunities for Ramazani and Garner that almost produced a fourth goal but, instead, the Rams pulled one back.

Top scorer Jason Knight chested the ball down and rifled a low drive beyond Fojticek, only for United to respond two minutes later, as Arnau Puigmal fed Burkart and Callum Minkley put through his own net when Yates blocked the shot.

In the 74th minute, Puigmal's beautiful return pass allowed Greenwood to plunder his second from a tight angle to make it 5-1. It looked a case of game-over, only for Proctor to latch onto Ethan Galbraith's scuffed clearance to find the net and Ayomide Jibodu profited when Fojticek palmed a cross into his path to further reduce the deficit.

Derby made life uncomfortable but were undone again at the death when Burkart raced through, showed his strength and calmly lofted his finish over Yates for number six.

United: Fojticek; Tanner, O'Connor (Bernard 67), Dunne, Williams; Garner (Galbraith 67), Levitt; Ramazani, Puigmal, Baars (Burkart 57); Greenwood. Subs not used: Thompson, Mellor.

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UNDER-19S: BRODARAC 0 UNITED 2

UEFA Youth League play-off | Stadion Shopping Centre| Scorers: Boonen 19, Ivancevic og 30

Manchester United clinched a place in the UEFA Youth League round of 16 on the back of two first-half goals and a professional performance in testing circumstances in Belgrade.


Indy Boonen set the youngsters on the way to victory in the play-off and Brodarac defender Mihajlo Ivancevic put through his own net to double the advantage.

The Reds were without Luca Ercolani, Aidan Barlow and Tahith Chong, while Ethan Laird picked up a late knock despite being named on the bench. The hosts missed Lazar Kozic, who had been the star man in the earlier rounds but joined Dutch outfit Fortuna Sittard last month.

Following a minute's silence to remember the Munich Air Disaster, the artificial 3G pitch in Zozdovac and some strong-arm tactics made this a challenge from the outset. Ivancevic went straight through the back of Joshua Bohui in the very first minute, leaving the striker with a sore back.

Angel Gomes was the next Red to be left in agony when caught by Milos Toseski and Uros Lukic showed the Serbian's threat with a couple of decent attempts that were not far away. However, Nicky Butt's men constructed by far the best move of the game to open the scoring.

Tyrell Warren won the ball and it eventually ended up with Boonen, who weaved his way into a shooting position on the edge of the area and fired goalwards, with keeper Mihajlo Zravkovic only able to push it into the net.

Warren was heavily involved in the second goal on the half-hour mark as he picked up a corner by Gomes and managed to squeeze in a cross with his left foot. The centre came off Ivancevic's head and ended up in the back of Zravkovic's net.

Zravkovic had to palm away a fine effort by Gomes, who displayed magnificent footwork inside the box, but the hosts remained in contention and fiercely competitive. D'Mani Mellor came on at the break for Nishan Burkart, to play up front with Bohui switching to the left, and he supplied boundless energy on his Under-19s debut.

Bohui was subjected to another poor challenge when Ognjen Mitrovic went in needlessly high on the forward and was fortunate to escape with a yellow card. Brodarac made life difficult with Matija Babovic failing to get any power in his header from Mitrovic's centre and Srdan Kocic's free-kick needing to be scrambled around the post by Reds keeper Alex Fojticek.

Several flare-ups appeared inevitable, with Uros Lukic and Ro-Shaun Williams both booked after a confrontation at a corner but Butt's side kept their cool. Mellor had a shot blocked at source and then flashed a drive the wrong side of the far post following approach work by the excellent Jimmy Garner and Gomes.

Babovic's curler sailed narrowly wide and, with it, the Serbian champions' hopes of getting anything out of the tie evaporated as United kept a clean sheet to advance to the last 16 of the competition.

United: Fojticek; Warren, R. Williams, O'Connor, Tanner; Garner, Hamilton; Boonen (B. Williams 83), Gomes, Burkart (Mellor 46); Bohui (Levitt 77). Subs not used: Thompson, Dunne, Kenyon, Laird.

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DUNNE: OUR BELGRADE TRIP WAS SO IMPORTANT

Manchester United Under-19s defender Max Dunne believes this week's trip to Belgrade to face FK Brodarac in the UEFA Youth League was an enriching experience for the entire squad.


Nicky Butt’s young players secured a place in Friday’s round-of-16 draw with a 2-0 triumph against physical opponents on an artificial pitch but they will have learned much off the field as well. The three-day trip included visits to the venues where the Busby Babes played their final game [Partizan Stadium] and had their last meal together [Hotel Majestic] before the tragic Munich Air Disaster 60 years ago.

With several VIP guests helping to bring knowledge and understanding of the terrible accident, it was certainly an educational exercise for the Academy prospects.

“It was definitely an experience for me,” Dunne told ManUtd.com. “I knew parts of the story and what went on but a few of the players didn’t know as much and, coming away, you learn a lot more.

“When I saw it first hand, like on the first night when we saw pictures of the players who were in the same room as us, it took me aback a bit. It’s a crazy coincidence that 60 years to the very day, we happened to be in Belgrade for a Youth League match.

“I think it was very important for the lads because obviously I’m lucky coming from Manchester, and a Manchester United family, so I knew about it. Some knew about it due to the size of the club but not to that extent. We all took something from the trip and all learned something.”

The Reds could face familiar opposition in the next round of the European competition with four of the seven options in the draw being English clubs [Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham]. Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Porto also lie in wait.

“It was a physical test against Brodarac and a case of going out there with a competitive attitude for a physical challenge," said Dunne, reflecting on how his team reached the last 16.

"I think the lads did well, especially in those conditions as it’s not often we play on astroturf.”

The centre-back signed a first professional contract with the club recently and is back to fitness after suffering an ankle-ligament injury.

“Obviously, being from Manchester and supporting United, it’s a boyhood dream to turn professional with the club,” Dunne said. "Nicky Butt has been telling me how I've been doing and what I need to improve.

"I signed the contract just after I turned 17 but I got told about it before my birthday so it was like a special present. My family were really happy, as was I."

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UNDER-19S LEARN YOUTH LEAGUE OPPONENTS

Manchester United’s Under-19s will take on Liverpool away in the UEFA Youth League round of 16, and could face Manchester City in the quarter-finals, after the draw was made on Friday.


The one-off game on Merseyside will be played on Tuesday 20 or Wednesday 21 February with the winners going on to visit the victors between City and Inter Milan in the last-eight stage.

The trip to Liverpool comes after Nicky Butt’s side passed a stiff test in Belgrade on Wednesday night, beating Serbian champions Brodarac 2-0 thanks to an Indy Boonen strike and an own goal by Mihajlo Ivancevic.

The young Reds had to navigate that play-off match after finishing as runners-up behind group winners Basel, albeit only on goal difference.

Just four games away from the final in Nyon on 23 April, Butt’s team face a tough assignment against Liverpool but will hope to reach the quarter-finals of the prestigious competition, which is in its fifth season and is for all under-age players from the 32 senior clubs that qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

The exact date, kick-off time and venue for the round-of-16 tie will be confirmed in due course.

UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 DRAW IN FULL

Bayern Munich v Real Madrid
Manchester City v Inter Milan
Atletico Madrid v FC Basel
FC Porto v FC Salzburg
Paris St-Germain v FC Barcelona
Liverpool v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v AS Monaco
Chelsea v Feyenoord

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UNDER-18S: NEWCASTLE 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

Under-18 Premier League North | Newcastle United Academy | Scorers: Sorensen 53, Goodridge 90; Chong 68

Manchester United's table-topping Under-18s slipped to only a third league defeat of the season in a keenly-fought contest away to Newcastle United.

It was goalless at half-time in an incident-packed game that saw the home side score twice after the break with the Reds' solitary goal from Tahith Chong sandwiched in between.

The visitors finished the match with ten men after Ethan Galbraith was red-carded following an altercation with the referee.

This meeting at Newcastle United’s Academy ground could be looked upon as an appetiser for the Premier League game between the clubs’ first teams which will take place just down the road at St James’s Park on Sunday afternoon.

Both teams went into it on the back of resounding victories last weekend with Kieran McKenna’s lads scoring twice as many goals as Derby County in a nine-goal thriller at Carrington, whilst the Magpies were taking all three points with a 4-1 win away at West Bromwich Albion.

The Reds' travelling party had left the rain behind in Manchester, but it was cloudy and quite cold in this corner of the North East at kick-off time and from that moment it was clear that this was going to be a lively encounter as the play continually switched from one end to the other.

There was little to choose between the sides during the first segment of the game with clearcut chances proving to be very rare. Newcastle’s Adam Wilson had a shot blocked by George Tanner and striker Elias Sorensen had a well-struck drive comfortably fielded by Alex Fojtíček.

The Reds lost Aliou Traore to injury in the 38th minute when a clumsy challenge by Magpies skipper Matty Longstaff left him incapable of carrying on. Longsstaff was booked while substitute Aidan Barlow was drafted in to replace Traore.

The second half, which was played in bright sunshine with a clear blue sky, came to life in the 53rd minute when Sorensen put his side in front with a shot that just squeezed inside the post.

McKenna's side then proceeded to have the best spell of the afternoon with Barlow leading the way with a couple of encouraging shots towards Otto Huuhtanen’ s goal. Then, in the 68th minute, Chong put the visitors back on track when he grabbed the equaliser with a low drive past Huuhtanen.

The Reds looked certain to move into the lead when, ten minutes from time, a penalty was awarded against the home side for handball. However, Huuhtanen guessed Chong's chosen direction correctly and denied him a second goal with a decent save.

As the game reached added time it seemed certain that it would end all-square, but that theory was shattered when Newcastle substitute Mace Goodridge hit the winner past Fojtíček.

The Reds' sudden gloom was increased in the dying embers of the game when substitute Galbraith was given his marching orders for dissent.

Manchester United: Fojtíček; Tanner, Dunne, O’Connor, Williams B., Puigmal (Galbraith 69), Levitt; Chong, Traore (Barlow 36), Ramazani; Mellor (McGhee 75). Substitutes not used: Bernard, Thompson

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UNDER-18S FRIENDLY: RANGERS 2 UNITED 3

Friendly | Rangers Academy | Scorers: Kelly 47, Wilson 78 | Levitt 10, Elanga 63,81

Manchester United's youngsters played a friendly against the Rangers Academy on Wednesday, securing a 3-2 win in an entertaining game.

D'Mani Mellor had an early effort ruled out for offside before Dylan Levitt headed the Reds in front with 10 minutes on the clock. Andrew Dallas hit the bar in response but United maintained the lead into the interval.

Two minutes after the break, Stephen Kelly levelled matters, only for the visitors to react well, with Mellor and Levitt unlucky not to regain the lead. Anthony Elanga, on for Dion McGhee, then scored within two minutes after his entrance as a substitute from a corner, only for Aidan Wilson to again equalise for the Gers.

Elanga smacked in the winner from outside the box with nine minutes remaining, registering his second of the game, to seal victory, although the main priority of the trip was to further the teenagers' experience against different opposition.

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UNDER-19S SET FOR LIVERPOOL YOUTH CLASH

Manchester United's Head of Academy Nicky Butt says he had a feeling the Reds would draw fierce rivals Liverpool in the UEFA Youth League as he looks forward to facing Steven Gerrard's Merseysiders at Prenton Park on Wednesday.


The Reds do battle in the 15:00 GMT kick-off and Butt has echoed Gerrard's thoughts that it is a game he would love to have played in at a similar age. The challenge is for the players to rise to the occasion and perform to the peak of their powers on this big stage.

"I think it's good for all different reasons," Butt told ManUtd.com. "It doesn't disrupt the weekly training plan too much. Obviously, going away to eastern Europe and different places can mess up the training week and have a knock-on effect for the other teams. But the main thing is it's such a great draw against the big rivals of the club. It's the Champions League and it's massive for our kids and we're really looking forward to it.

"Actually, I had a feeling it would be them, being honest with you. Some of our lads need to rise to pick their games up to a new level because that is what they [Liverpool] will do. That's what happens in Liverpool-Manchester United games.

"I think it's a really good competition for the kids. When I was growing up, with Stevie, the biggest game you play in is the FA Youth Cup at that level. Even though that's big, the next thing the big clubs want to win is European Cups - it's the pinnacle really. First and foremost, you want to win your domestic league but the Champions League has a real aura and prestige about it. Like Stevie has said, I'm the same and I would love to have played in a game like this. I say it to my lads all the time - they should be really passionate about these games as they're so special and it's a small insight into the first team and what some of their heroes do week in and week out.

"These are big games - there's not getting away from it. Whenever you play your rivals, whether you're 12 years old, or 36 or 37 at the end of your career, it's massive. Certainly for me, when I was a player, it was the first game I looked for on the fixture list when I was on holiday. They know how important it is and how passionate it is going to be. Ultimately, Steven Gerrard and his coaching staff will be saying the same to them. They're very much like us, with a massive history in Europe, very passionate about their city and the football club, like we are. They're getting the same messages as us and we need to go right from the first whistle and not leave anything on the pitch."

The short trip to Tranmere Rovers' home will be in contrast to the trip to Belgrade in the play-off to face Brodarac in unusual surroundings, on a 3G surface at the top of a shopping centre in freezing conditions in the Serbian capital.

"You want to get a lot of different environments within the competition," Butt added. "We had one last time with the weather and the pitch and going into the unknown. Now it's a bit more familiar for us, only an hour down the road, and most of them have played against each other several times. But take nothing away from the game - I've told them it's one they've got to be up for if we don't want to come unstuck.

"I was looking back at the Brodarac game and maybe I was a bit harsh beforehand and a bit at half-time. If you look at the conditions, it was a really tough place to go to play football. We didn't really play football, we just dug it out, and that's something you learn. Everyone at our level in football wants to play the perfect football match but I don't think there is one."

If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the game will go straight to a penalty shoot-out with Manchester City awaiting the victors in the next round.

"I'm not one for practising penalties," explained Butt. "You can practice all you want but, unless you go running around the pitch for 96 minutes and then put a few thousand behind the goal, you can't replicate it. They do some of it with the technique work, week in and week out, but I don't think it's the right message practising them. It's not the first team and a needs must that we have to win it that way. It's about enjoying it, the Manchester United way, and if I was sitting them down already and saying you five will be on penalties, it sends the wrong message.

"I hope we get a good attendance, even though I think a later kick-off would have given people more time to get in from school or work. We'll see but we want a chance for them to play in a stadium with a crowd. It'd be better to play a bit later but those are the rules of the competition."

As for the team news, several players have been drafted into the UEFA Youth League squad but that will not necessarily mean they will be involved.

"We've got a few who have got their international clearance," explained Butt. "The new signings, so we've just added them onto it. It's not like it's a massive thing as you can have up to 40 players. They're clear to play so why wouldn't you put them in the squad? You don't know what's going to happen in football. One minute, someone can be struggling in the Under-15s, Under-16s or Under-17s and they get one or two games and are flying.

"That's the reason behind that - all the lads will get a chance if they are on the level to experience this great competition. Everyone is fine - there are one or two little niggles but nothing to worry about. I've got a full squad to pick from."

TANNER FULLY FOCUSED

Defender George Tanner performed well in the 2-0 win at Brodarac in the previous round and is keen to help the Reds progress further in the competition.

"It's a good draw - there's huge rivalry so it's a massive game for us," said United full-back Tanner. "I think Liverpool are a good test. They are up there in the Under-18 league and there's big competition between us two at the moment.

"We play them in the last league game and it's very tight at the top of the table so playing them on Wednesday can leave us in good stead for that as well. I know a lot will be made of Nicky Butt coming up against Steven Gerrard, after their rivalry on the pitch, but we don't really worry about that. We'll focus on our game really.

"It's the biggest competition we're going to play in at Under-19 level. It's not often you get a chance to play in Europe and it's good experience for us all. I wouldn't say it's disappointing to draw an English side as we've been away and got that experience of playing foreign teams. We've got to do it against an English team now. We've done well as a squad getting through the group stages and we'll see how far we can go."

The Merseysiders are without injured centre-forward Rhian Brewster but fellow striker Ben Woodburn is available.

MUTV are showing highlights of the game at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday.

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