10-3. Cannonier got 4 in the end.
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Imagine if he actually makes it with us. The bar for him to ever do more in a liverpool shirt than heâs already done is going to be a really difficult one to get over.
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Liverpool U18s were in clinical form when they beat Leeds United 10-3 at the Academy on Saturday afternoon.
Oakley Cannonier grabbed four of his sideâs goals in the U18s Premier League North contest and opened the scoring after seven minutes.
Another Cannonier finish and efforts from Luke Chambers, Lee Jones and Bobby Clark had the young Reds 5-1 up at half-time.
Mateusz Musialowski grabbed a deserved goal early in the second period and was joined on the scoresheet by Calum Scanlon, with Cannonier (twice) and Clark also adding to their tally during the half.
An entertaining start to the contest consisted of five goals within the opening 24 minutes.
Liverpool kick-started the scoring when Musialowski went on a run from his own half, brilliantly spinning past Morton Spencer in midfield.
He completed his drive forward with a perfectly-weighted pass for Cannonier, who astutely rolled the ball into the net.
Leeds responded quickly to equalise, though, as Spencer thrashed a free-kick from a central area beyond Luke Hewitson in the hostsâ goal.
But from that moment on, Marc Bridge-Wilkinsonâs charges were rampant.
Cannonier restored their lead after a quarter of an hour when Isaac Mabaya closed down Keenan Caroleâs attempt at a crossfield pass, with the ricochet dropping kindly to the scorer inside the area.
Chambers calmly made it 3-1 from the penalty spot when Musialowskiâs shot towards goal was adjudged to have been deflected over by the hand of Cian Coleman.
And the centre-halves then combined to net the fourth, with a Luke Chambers corner met by a towering Jonas at the back post.
Musialowski went extremely close on three separate occasions â including a shot that struck the crossbar â to adding the fifth, but that would arrive five minutes prior to half-time.
Mabaya, a constant threat down the right wing, was the creator when his pacy ball into the box was nudged over the goalline by Clark from a yard out.
Musialowski was left frustrated again before the end of the first half, watching Darryl Ombang poke away his finish from close range after dribbling through the Leeds backline.
There was a similar open feel to the game after the break as Liverpool sought to add their lead, while Leeds looked to reduce it.
Ombang produced two brilliant saves to keep out long-range efforts from Musialowski and Mabaya.
At the other end, Hewitson was twice called into action but was then unable to keep out Ronnie McGrathâs finish from a tight angle after Chambers was caught in possession.
But as was the case all afternoon, Liverpoolâs response was swift, and Musialowski finally got on the scoresheet. Clark dispossessed Jay Buchan and then quickly squared for the Polish forward, who rifled his effort into the corner.
Leeds drew another back after McGrath won and converted a spot-kick on the hour mark.
However, Scanlon made it 7-3 when he timed his run into the box perfectly to send Clarkâs cut-back into the back of the net with a first-time finish.
The goals continued to rain in Kirkby as Cannonier completed his hat-trick in emphatic fashion.
The No.9 brought Mabayaâs cross under close control and hit a shot on the turn into the bottom left corner, leaving the goalkeeper and his defenders with no chance.
The Redsâ ninth arrived in rather fortunate circumstances as a Leeds clearance inside the box cannoned off Clark and went beyond Ombang.
And the scoring was completed eight minutes from full-time. Scanlonâs delivery from the left was half-cleared, leading to Cannonier latching onto the loose ball and clinically converting from inside the box.
Liverpool U18s: Hewitson, Davidson (Osborne, 31), Jonas, Chambers, Scanlon, Stephenson, Pilling, Mabaya, Clark (Pennington, 85), Musialowski (Gyimah, 62), Cannonier.
Unused substitutes: Mrozek, Giblin.
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Just youth football in England, I guess. 
Good performance from the U23s this afternoon to beat Blackpool 4-1 in the Lancs cup semi final. Never really in doubt after an early goal from Jack Bearne. Excellent header from Quansa following a Clarkson corner for the second and a powerful strike from Morton made it 3-0 at HT. Blackpool pulled one back but Clarkson made it 4-1 late on.
Accrington Stanley or Burnley in the final.
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Liverpool U 23âs V West Ham U 23âs
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Pitaluga, Bradley, R.Williams, Quansah, Beck, Morton, Clarkson, Clayton, Musialowski, Bearne, Norris.
Subs,
Koumetio, Kelly, Corness, Woltman, Stewart.
Liverpool u23 3-0 West Ham. FT.
Bearne, Morton and Clayton with the goals, Bradley with 2 assists.
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Liverpool U23s produced a dominant performance to beat West Ham United 3-0 at the Academy on Sunday afternoon.
Second-half goals from Jack Bearne, Tyler Morton and Tom Clayton earned a comprehensive Premier League 2 victory for Barry Lewtasâ side.
There was further reason for cheer with the return of Layton Stewart, who came off the bench with around half an hour to play â the strikerâs first match action since sustaining an ACL injury some 13 months ago.
The young Reds were on top from the off and Conor Bradley converted the rebound after Clayton had seen an early shot saved, only to be thwarted by the offside flag.
Lewtasâ team pressed superbly throughout the contest and one such action by Bearne brought about the opening goal soon after half-time, as he started a move by regaining possession and finished it by driving home a low strike.
Owen Beck then hit the crossbar from range but, just minutes later, it was 2-0 as Bearne again pressed and Clayton was denied by the goalkeeper, before Morton netted with a fine effort.
Liverpool were rampant and were seemingly unfortunate to see penalty appeals waved away when Bearne was felled in the area.
However, with 63 minutes on the clock, they made it three with an excellent sequence that saw Clayton win the ball back and drive into the box, where he met Bradleyâs delivery with an unstoppable header.
Stewartâs long-awaited comeback followed and the forward nearly marked his return in perfect fashion, only for his shot to be cleared off the line following brilliant work by Beck down the left.
Liverpool U23s: Pitaluga, Bradley, Williams, Quansah, Beck, Clayton (Corness, 82), Clarkson, Morton, Norris, Bearne (Woltman, 80), Musialowski (Stewart, 63).
Unused subs: Kelly, Koumetio.
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Harvey Blair to be a father. With Harvey Elliotts ex it seems. Congrats.
Now that may cause conflictâŚ
Yeah say bit awkward. Also seen that Harvey Blair buy the mother who is the same age a 100k Range Rover. Now Iâm not a car person but definitely above 50k, for a girlfriend whoâs about 18. The money in football is crazy.
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Getting a bit of that goody-goody can make lads to crazy things.
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Iâd be a disaster. Definitely go off the rails, could handle the money and women. Youâd have to have some mindset to go professional
U18s strolled by Wolves 5-1 this afternoon. . Highlight was a great individual effort from Harvey Blair. Won the ball in our own half , flew past a couple of defenders, two more tried to tackle him in the Wolves box but he battled on and got the shot away while on the ground.
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the mindset, is simply that itâs your career path. requires commitment and dedication to putting forth the best version of yourself, every day. Have a family friend whose son is currently in the Whitecaps FC program at 18, traveling with the senior squad when they need him. he eats, sleeps and drinks the program. no booze, no women. doing his studies to finish schooling through their tutelage program. I hope he makes it.
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The whole environment has massively changed due to social media. 20 years ago and young talented PL footballers were up to all sorts and it barely made a splash.
Even spit-roasting a girl only made the tabloids. Drug use, most went unreported. Sure, players were more often pictured drunk but rarely was anything exposed that ended careers. The same behaviour now would be far more likely to be exposed and far more likely to be censored.
Equally, with social media it doesnât help the personalities that like to court attention. It makes people behave in ways that might not otherwise have had the same encouraging outlet.
Iâd hate to be a young footballer in the modern game.
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Itâs really mystifying that a youth team player can spare that much for a gift. The English football structure is rather dysfunctional.
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if you look at the playerâs social media accounts, it appears his mother passed away recently. Quite possible has been left some funds from the estate? I prefer not to jump to conclusions
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Or alternatively, the partner genuinely means a lot to him?
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