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Manchester United u18s took on Swindon City on Tuesday night time within the fourth spherical of the FA Youth Cup.
Going into the match with a 100% document within the league, Manchester United had been heavy favourites over the decrease league Swindon.
United seemed to regulate the early phases with their high quality on the ball, Jack Fletcher virtually supplied a second of magic with a roulette previous one defender earlier than having his shot blocked.
However United had been shocked within the 14th minute when Swindon scored to take the lead. The cross was from the suitable was allowed to come back into too simply for Botan Ameen to flick onto the again put up earlier than the ball was returned centrally for Ameen to fit in from shut vary.
Falling behind ought to have lit a fireplace underneath United however the lackadaisical tempo their recreation continued all through the primary half with little menace in assault.
Ashton Missin supplied some urgency on one event with a harmful dribble by means of virtually half of the Swindon facet however poor determination making on the ultimate move summed up United’s night time.
Issues went from dangerous to worse within the thirty eighth minute when Ameen took the ball on the flip previous Jack Kingdon and put the ball within the roof of the web previous Elyh Harrison to offer the house facet an sudden 2-0 lead.
United seemed rattled with increasingly errors creeping into their play and panic exuding from the centre backs.
After half time, Adam Lawrence would have been anticipating a response from the u18s Premier League North leaders however as a substitute it was Swindon with one other massive likelihood to place the match to mattress however for a prime save from Harrison.
James Scanlon entered simply earlier than the hour mark and injected a little bit of life into the United facet, serving to to win two fast corners however United’s assault quickly fell flat once more.
With no tempo of their play and unable to finish a move within the last third, United’s attacking efforts resorted to a collection of crosses with no clear goal which Swindon had been more than pleased to clear all night time.
Finally, United supplied little menace all through the 90 minutes as Swindon secured a spectacular 2-0 victory that noticed their bench swarm the pitch on the ultimate whistle in celebration.
A totally disappointing night time for United, Adam Lawrence will likely be eager to get the younger facet again to Carrington to go over their errors as their 100% league document is on the road on Saturday morning in opposition to rivals Manchester Metropolis.
United: Harrison, Ogunneye, Jackson, Kingdon, Amass, Devaney (Musa 76), Fitzgerald (Curley 56), Missin, J. Fletcher, Williams (Scanlon 56), Wheatley
Unused subs: Myles, Munro, Mantato, McAllister
