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Manchester United u19s hosted AZ Alkmaar within the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday evening at Outdated Trafford.
A particular evening for the younger reds, they sadly performed in entrance of a moderately small crowd after the venue was confirmed late and little advertising and marketing was executed to get supporters in to cheer Adam Lawrence’s aspect on to a should win.
The Dutch aspect got here into the match with a 2-1 lead on mixture from the return fixture and virtually prolonged their lead within the opening minutes with a pair of quickfire probabilities forcing huge saves from Will Murdock.
United labored their method into the match all through the opening 45 minutes, exerting extra management as time went on however supplied little attacking menace.
The Pink Devils’ greatest probability of the half got here late on when Jayce Fitzgerald crossed to the pinnacle of Amir Ibragimov however the attacking midfielder’s effort didn’t hassle AZ’s Tristan Kuijsten within the purpose, leaving the rating deadlocked at 0-0 on the break.
The second half continued in the identical vein as the primary, with United struggling to breakdown a resolute AZ backline, whereas the guests threatened at instances on the counter assault, forcing 5 saves from Murdock on the evening.
AZ got here closest to hitting the again of the online when Jasper Hartog struck the crossbar after breaking in behind on a 2v1.
Minutes later, Hartog got here shut once more however United’s man of the match Murdock was as much as the duty once more to make the save.
United waited till the ultimate 10 minutes of the match to throw the kitchen sink at it and introduce Chido Obi and Gabriele Biancheri off the bench.
Instantly upon his introduction, Obi went down within the field after feeling some contact however the ref didn’t give the penalty and in the end it was too little too late for United, who simply couldn’t carve out any openings all through the 90 minutes.
The ultimate whistle got here with the rating remaining 0-0, leading to United disappointingly exiting the competitors early.
The UEFA Youth League continues to be a problem for the membership with a spherical of 16 end being the furthest United have made it because the competitors’s inception. Again in home competitors the place the u18s have excelled, the FA Youth Cup kicks off subsequent week as United tackle Coventry Metropolis.
United: Murdock, Kamason (Obi 80), Jackson, Fredricson, Amass, Devaney, Fitzgerald, Scanlon (T. Fletcher 83), Ibragimov (Thwaites 58), Williams (Missin 58), Wheatley (Biancheri 80)
Unused subs: Byrne-Hughes; Munro, Baumann, Kukonki
