A late equaliser from Will Keane salvaged a deserved point for United and kept the Reds on top of Academy League Group C after bogey side Crewe Alexandra had threatened to win at Carrington for the fourth season in a row.
Nicky Ajose’s fine early strike had got the Reds off to the perfect start but, in keeping with what was to be an open and end-to-end encounter, the visitors levelled twelve minutes later through Michael Koral. While United began to assert their dominance in the second half, it was the Railwaymen who took the lead via the head of Jason Oswell, and Paul McGuinness’ side had to rely on top scorer Keane to save the day with a typically cool finish seven minutes from time.
UNITED
1. Sam Johnstone
2. Connor Roberts-Nurse ( 12. Joshua King 67 )
3. Zeki Fryers
4. Michele Fornasier
5. Tom Thorpe
6. Scott Wootton (c)
7. Larnell Cole
8. Ryan Tunnicliffe ( 14. Etzaz Hussain 8 )
9. Will Keane
10. Jesse Lingard
11. Nicky Ajose
Subs not used
13. Conor Devlin
Booked: Thorpe, Fornasier, King
Ref: A Young
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