Liverpool’s Josh Davidson captained England U17s in their win over Portugal today. Emre Tezgel of Stoke, who scored a hattrick against Liverpool in Stoke’s opening day loss, scored both England goals.
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Yeah BT show these.
Can someone open a Conor Bradley thread in Kirkby? Just came on for N. Ireland v Switzerland on 70 mins
Liverpool U18s Vs Nottingham Forest
Davies
Bajcetic Gyimah Miles Omoruyi
McConnell Stephenson Frauendorf
Clark Roberts Blair
Subs: Mrozek; Balagizi, Cannonier, Pillingce
Debut for Clark
McConnell gave us the lead but we losing 2-1.
Liverpool forced into two changes early. Gyimah and McConnell both off with head injuries. Balagizi and Pilling on.
Clark scores 3-2.
Forest 3-2 Liverpool HT.
There was 10 minutes added time at the end of the first half due to the injuries for Liverpool.
James McConnell is now being taken to hospital as a precaution - 2nd half delayed by about 20 minutes.
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Tottenham U 23 V Liverpool 23
Pitaluga, Beck, Clayton, Koumetio, Gallacher, Morton, Corness, Gordon, Musialowski, Woltman , Bearne
Subs
Boyes, Hughes, Norris, Wilson.
Gordon 1-0, 4 minutes.
U18s just finished 3-3. Cannonier grabbed a late equaliser.
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U18 Forest 3-3 Liverpool FT. Cannonier 89 minutes, Forest had man sent of near the end.
Snap.
Oakley Cannonier’s last-minute equaliser secured a 3-3 draw for Liverpool U18s in Saturday’s eventful trip to Nottingham Forest.
The forward scored a predatory diving header - his sixth goal in three U18 Premier League North appearances this season - to ensure the young Reds emerged from an incident-packed match with a hard-earned point.
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson was forced to make two first-half substitutions due to injuries sustained by Francis Gyimah and James McConnell, who had earlier put his team in front before Forest turned the game on its head.
Detlef Esapa Osong netted twice and Ben Hammond added a third before Liverpool debutant Bobby Clark pulled one back during the 10 minutes of first-half stoppage time.
The young Reds duly dominated the second period and were thwarted on several occasions by Forest goalkeeper Aaron Bott prior to Cannonier’s deserved late leveller.
Liverpool weathered an early storm in the form of a front-foot, high-tempo start from Forest, with Harvey Davies producing a superb reaction save to tip a powerful Osong drive onto the crossbar inside the opening minute.
Having gained a foothold, the visitors strung together a quality move that earned them an 11th-minute lead as McConnell met Terence Miles’ inviting cross with a diving header at the back post.
But Forest soon drew level through Osong, who showcased nifty footwork inside the box and accurately found the bottom corner.
Bridge-Wilkinson had to make his first substitution and direct a positional reshuffle shortly before the half-hour mark as debutant left-back Gyimah sustained a knock to the head and attacking midfielder James Balagizi came on.
And, just a few minutes later, Osong made it 2-1, the striker racing down the Forest left prior to beating Davies with a near-post finish.
Another Liverpool change was required when McConnell was clattered into by Pharrell Johnson and the hosts quickly extended their advantage as Hammond slid home the loose ball amid a scramble following a corner.
However, the young Reds reduced the deficit back to one goal courtesy of Clark, the new arrival from Newcastle United controlling Johnson’s attempted headed clearance on his chest and firing low beyond Bott.
There was real intent about Bridge-Wilkinson’s side straight after the restart and Melkamu Frauendorf - filling in at right-back following Gyimah’s injury - saw a low strike repelled by Bott, before the Forest goalkeeper was at full stretch to divert Harvey Blair’s long-range curler wide.
Cannonier came on just after the hour and twice went close to equalising within minutes of his introduction.
First, Cannonier was unable to adjust his body in time to find the target from Clark’s pacy cross, before Bott denied the forward after Balagizi had surged through midfield and found him with a pass.
A deliberate handball saw Forest’s Zach Abbott dismissed for a second booking with four minutes remaining and there was still time for Bott to frustrate Cannonier with another save before the goal finally arrived.
Miles delivered into the area and Cannonier stooped to direct Luca Stephenson’s knock-down into the net.
Liverpool U18s: Davies, Miles, Gyimah (Balagizi, 28), Omoruyi, Bajcetic, Stephenson, Roberts, Frauendorf, Blair (Cannonier, 63), McConnell (Pilling, 41), Clark.
Unused substitutes: Mrozek.
Spurs 2-1 Liverpool, FT Devine with both spurs goals.
Liverpool U23s fell to their first Premier League 2 defeat of the season with a 2-1 reverse at Tottenham Hotspur.
Kaide Gordon gave Barry Lewtas’ side an early lead in Saturday’s match at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium, but Alfie Devine equalised just after the half-hour mark and then grabbed an 81st-minute winner for Spurs.
Lewtas told Liverpoolfc.com: “We came up against a really good Tottenham team today so fair play to them, they kept the ball really well. I thought we had a few good moments, we started the game really well and scored.
“They grew into the game and had good spells of possession, but I thought we managed it quite well. I’m probably a little bit disappointed that we couldn’t maintain the periods of possession, there were a few too many turnovers, but the game didn’t lack any honesty from us and we lost it just at the end.
“Obviously we’re disappointed but there are lots of positives to take. It was a young team out there today.
“A few of the lads are new to this level [and] the speed of the game, so in real key moments we needed to maintain possession of the ball better and I think that would have given us that little bit more control and a bit more of a foothold in the game. It would have allowed us to grow into the game a bit more.
“I think there were plenty of opportunities for the lads to learn and that’s what it’s about. Obviously we’re disappointed to lose but I think we will get better from this game. They’re a real good set of lads and we’ll definitely improve and grow from this.”
Liverpool U23s: Pitaluga, Gallacher, Koumetio (Wilson, 85), Clayton, Beck, Corness (Boyes, 58), Morton, Gordon, Bearne, Musialowski (Norris, 58), Woltman.
Unused substitute: Hughes.
Liverpool have named their 40 man UEFA Youth League squad, featuring Owen Beck, Fidel O’Rourke, Billy Koumetio and Tom Hill as overage players.
Harvey Elliott is included in the squad, but unlikely to play even without injury.
Musialowski, Gordon, Balagizi, Blair, Cannonier, Woltman, Clark, O’rourke and Frauendorf are amongst Liverpool’s attacking options.
The FA Youth Cup trio, Stephenson, Corness and Morton included, in addition to Isaac Mabaya.
A host of defensive options.
A number of U16 players are included: Keyrol Figueroa, Kyle Kelly, Mighel Laffey, Josh Davidson, Lewis Koumas, Nathan Giblin, Wellity Omoruyi and Jayden Danns.
Liverpool Under 19 V AC Milan Under 19
Davies , Chambers , Bradley , Koumetio , Beck , Woltman, Morton , Stephenson , Balagizi, Gordon , Musialowski.
Subs
Norris , Mrozek , Corness , Bajcetic , Cannonier , Frauendorf , Clark .