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Default Re: Man United U-18 Matches 2016/17



UNDER-18S: SUNDERLAND 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 5

Under-18 Premier League | Academy of Light | Scorers: Bohui 19, Barlow 35, Burkart 48, Hamilton 50, Dearnley 67; Kimpioka 26, Young 85

Manchester United's Under-18s claimed a first victory of the calendar year in impressive style on Saturday, with five different players finding the net against Sunderland.

Kieran McKenna's lads were hoping to get their title challenge back on track, after losing some ground to the other contenders seven days ago, and there can be no doubt that they succeeded with something to spare at the Academy of Light.

It was an important victory for the young Reds, who had been leapfrogged last weekend when Liverpool won 1-0 at home to Newcastle United whilst Manchester City had maintained their grip on pole position with a convincing 5-2 away success against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Unbeaten in 11 matches, United players had every reason to approach the fixture with a spring in their step. Sunderland had only avoided defeat twice in nine games on their own patch this season, while the Reds had only failed on three occasions to get some reward from their eight games on the road. But nothing can be taken for granted in football and the opening minutes of this game proved that point.

Sunderland certainly defied their position at the foot of the table as the game unfolded and might have claimed a couple of early goals. However, United soon settled down and scored the game’s first goal in the 19th minute when Nishan Burkart set up Joshua Bohui to fire home from close range.

The Black Cats were quick to reply and within seven minutes they had equalised through Benji Kimpioka. There was very little in the match by this stage, but the Reds regained the lead ten minutes before the break thanks to Aidan Barlow’s well-struck shot.

It would be fair to say that it was hard to predict who was going to win the contest based on the first half, but within six minutes of the restart there was little doubt of the outcome. First it was Nishan Burkart who planted one in the Sunderland net from distance and soon after Ethan Hamilton made it 4-1 to United with an angled drive.

McKenna sent on Tom Sang and Zachary Dearnley in the 64th minute and this double substitution proved inspirational three minutes later. Sang's raking pass found Dearnley wide on the left and the latter raced forward to claim United's fifth goal.

Sunderland defender Jacob Young headed in a late goal for the hosts, but by then the Reds had well and truly secured the points.

United: Fojtíček; Tanner, Barrett, O’Connor, Spratt; Whelan (Sang 64), Hamilton (Ercolani 70); Boonen, Barlow, Bohui; Burkart (Dearnley 64). Substitutes not used: M. Johnstone, Gomes.

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