Liverpool FC Youth Teams

[Venton]

Bradley should have scored there after good link up by Cannonier but shoots straight at the keeper. From the resulting corner, taken naturally by Dom Corners Corness we nearly score but get another corner. Again, last ditch defending by Wolves who break with Jonas but it comes to nothing. Last 10 minutes now, the kids' legs are getting a bit wobbly, all going a bit madhouse and fractious.

[Venton]

Super pass forward by Tyler "The Cardinal" Morton and Waltman's shot is blocked. Corner! Cleared for another corner which comes to nought.

[Venton]

Wilson - who clearly has never been to a barber unaccompanied - gets a yellow for a cynical foul on the halfway line but on the bright side he stopped a promising Wolves break in its tracks.

[Venton]

Matt Muscleovski comes on for Whitman.

[Venton]

And there, RIGHT AT THE DEATH, Wolves run up the pitch, Oj fumbles the shot and lets it squirt through his hands and it's in the back of the net. The team look devastated but that's football. Out of nothing we lose it right at the end. There are a few trembling lips out there now, a sudden realisation that life can be so unfair and they didn't ask to be born.

Gutting. Wolves 2-1 Liverpool

[Venton]

It's all over. A penalty, red card and late night keeping error frustrates the youngsters but they've go their whole lives to get over it.

Again, Stewart looked the part, nice work from Corness and Morton, Muscleovski came on with a decent cameo and apart from the Pickford Oj actually had a good game.

Finishes Wolves 2-1 Liverpoo

[SB]

‘Their whole lives to get over it’

[Venton]

U18s 2-0 down at Man Utd, half time. Neil Mellor is opining solemnly.

[Venton]

...and now Hughie McAuley who could make Yakkety Sax sound like a funeral march...

United on top here, putting on the pressure at the start of the second half.

[Venton]

Too many long balls from us here, the defence bypassing the midfield and relying on the pace of Layton Stewart, to no great effect, and it keeps coming back. A few Utd corners in succession.

[Venton]

but HANG ON! Having said that a long ball from Tyler Morton over the top is controlled well on the sprint by Layton Stuart, under pressure, who slots its across the keeper into the far corner. Long balls ftw!

Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool

[Venton]

Layton Stuart by the way joined the academy at the age of five. Five. Imagine every time he goes to a new school or meets someone new and they say "what are you doing on Saturday?" and he says "I'm playing for Liverpool.". Cock of the walk at the age of five. Got to go to your head that. Going to be an alcoholic by the age of 21 that lad, mark my words.

[Venton]

and as I type Stuart has had 2 more chances to level the score, one saved after a good pass by Balagizi and another from a corner. Putting the pressure on now.

AND IT'S ANOTHER. The Utd keeper, Butterfingers Bill, let a wicked in-swinging corner from Dominic Corners Corness, drop out of his hands and Tyler On Me 'Ed Morton heads it home from close range.

Man Utd 2-2 Liverpool

Edit: Apparently the keeper is called Vitek, not Bill.

[Venton]

madhouse now, going for a third we lose the ball and Frauendorf, playing at right back today, is exposed on the counter. Just wide for Utd after last ditch defending. End to end, bonkers, and we haven't had the obligatory red card yet.

[Venton]

Whit Waltman with a shot from the right hand side of the box and it's pushed out wide by the keeper for a corner. Both teams are breaking well, and Frauendorf does well to stop another attack in the box.