Manchester United U21 3-2 Liverpool U21: Marouane Fellaini nets in win for Red Devils
- Marouane Fellaini scored for Manchester United's youth side
- Andreas Pereira and Sergio Romero were also in action
- Liverpool side included Jose Enrique and Jordan Rossiter
Marouane
Fellaini scored for Manchester United's Under 21 side as they beat
Liverpool 3-2 in a dramatic Barclays Under 21 Premier League clash on
Monday night.
The
Belgian midfielder has struggled for game time in Louis van Gaal's
first team this season, so would have been delighted to get on the
scoresheet before playing a key role as Nick Powell doubled United's
lead with 11 minutes to go.
Liverpool
then pulled two goals back with strikes from Jerome Sinclair and Madger
Gomes to seemingly claim a point, the latter coming after a poor error
from goalkeeper Sergio Romero, but Sean Goss struck in the closing
minutes to secure the victory for United.
Marouane Fellaini scored for Manchester United's Under 21 side against Liverpool on Monday night
Fellaini
and Co dominated the first half for United, with the likes of Andreas
Pereira, Romero and Powell also handed starts, while Jordan Rossiter
played an hour for Liverpool as he continued his return from injury.
Undoubtedly
the biggest name in the Liverpool side, though, was Jose Enrique, the
Spanish left-back targeting a first-team return under Jurgen Klopp after
being frozen out towards the end of Brendan Rodgers' tenure.
But
while trying to make a good impression, Enrique instead made a poor
error which nearly led to an opener for United after 26 minutes, when he
passed it straight into the path of Powell. The United forward then
slipped the ball into Pereira, whose effort was brilliantly tipped over
by Liverpool goalkeeper Ryan Fulton.
Six
minutes later, however, United were in front through Fellaini. The
midfielder hasn't started a first-team game since United's Capital One
Cup defeat by Middlesbrough last month, but looked sharp as he netted
from Josh Harrop's cross.
Nick Powell (centre) was also in action for Manchester United's Under 21 side against Liverpool
United
threatened again early after the break, as Guillermo Varela whipped a
ball from the right-hand side onto the head of Powell, who should have
done better than nod wide from inside the area.
United
continued to dominate but Liverpool had the ball in the back of the net
midway through the second half when substitute Gomes, on for Rossiter,
fired low past Romero.
But it was chalked off, perhaps wrongly, for offside by the officials.
To add to Liverpool's woes several minutes later, United doubled their lead and it was Fellaini at the heart of it again.
Jordan Rossiter (left) and Jose Enrique were both in action for Liverpool at Leigh Sports Village
Manchester United's goalkeeper Sergio Romero was also in action on Monday night
He
played a one-two on the edge of the area before his fierce drive was
saved by Fulton, but the Liverpool keeper could only divert it into the
path of Powell for the simplest of tap-ins as United moved into a
seemingly unassailable lead with just over 10 minutes on the clock.
But
Liverpool didn't give up and pulled one back four minutes later through
Sinclair as he netted from close range, then drew level soon afterwards
when Romero's poor attempt at a punch landed straight at the feet of
Gomes, who buried it into the bottom corner.
The
game was seemingly heading for a draw, but United eventually claimed
the victory in the 89th minute as Goss got onto the end of a pass from
Fellaini on the edge of the area before curling one brilliantly into the
top corner.
source:the dail mail
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