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

UNDER-18S MATCH REPORT: UNITED 3 WOLVES 0

Under-18 Premier League | Aon Training Complex | Scorers: Gomes 65, Bohui 86, Dearnley 90+4


Manchester United’s flourishing Under-18s are now unbeaten in 13 matches after securing a deserved 3-0 victory over a stubborn, well-disciplined Wolverhampton Wanderers side.

Angel Gomes, Joshua Bohui and Zak Dearnley all netted second-half goals to decide this closely-fought Premier League North fixture, in which the Reds showed admirable patience to earn three points.

The early stages of the game - which was played beneath the surprisingly warm winter sun at the Aon Training Complex - were more than competitive with both sides registering shots at goal. Indy Boonen ambitiously hit a shot over the bar on 24 minutes after good approach play by Gomes, before Josh Hesson brushed the post with a rasping effort from distance on 28 minutes.

Combative midfielder Ethan Hamilton was agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock a moment later, on 29 minutes, when his powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area somehow bounced off both the right and left posts before falling into the grateful arms of the goalkeeper. The referee, unaided by goalline technology at this level, decided it had not crossed the line for a goal.

United appeared to grow in confidence as the first half played out and the young Reds almost bagged an excellent opener when Hamilton showed his skill to flick a short pass out wide to Boonen, who drove forward up the left wing and dragged a low shot just wide of the far post.

Kieran McKenna’s young team, watched from the touchline by Jimmy Murphy Junior, the son of Sir Matt Busby’s iconic former assistant manager, stepped up the pace at the start of the second half and diminutive playmaker Gomes brought a good save out of Rory Brown on 54 minutes, just prior to Bohui then hitting a right-footed effort that flew past the target from a tight angle.

Lee O’Connor was harshly booked on the hour mark and that led to a free-kick from which Wolves youngster Elliot Watt dispatched an impressive 30-yard effort that arched wide of goal. At the other end, Bohui then forced another top-notch save from the visiting goalkeeper with a close-range shot.

United deservedly took the lead on 65 minutes through Gomes, who received the ball on the left wing just inside the Wolves half and cut inside to dispatch a right-footed finish from the edge of the penalty area to find the bottom-right corner. It is his 11th goal of an increasingly eye-catching season.

The Reds doubled the advantage on 86 minutes when substitute Dearnley did really well to win a bouncing ball inside the Wolves area, before playing a good ball across the goal for Bohui to finish.

Fresh from that assist, Dearnley then grabbed a goal of his own with an excellent volley four minutes into added time, wrapping up a solid victory for the Under-18s at the Aon Training Complex.

United: Fojticek, Tanner, Kenyon, Dunne, O'Connor, Whelan, Boonen, Hamilton, Burkart, Gomes, Bohui.
Subs used: Dearnley, Barlow, Sang
Subs not used: Barret, Johnstone.
Booked: O’Connor

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