After seeing their reserve counterparts crowned champions on Tuesday night, Paul McGuinness’ Under-18 side took a big step towards a title of their own as they moved six points clear at the top of Barclays Premier Academy League Group C with a comfortable 3-0 win at Stoke City.
A second-minute strike from in-form skipper Nicky Ajose gave the Reds a lead they would never look like relinquishing, and further goals from Paul Pogba and John Cofie provided a scoreline that accurately reflected United’s superiority and delivered a second convincing away win in the space of four days.
UNITED
1. Sam Johnstone
2. Reece Brown
3. Sean McGinty
4. Tom Thorpe
5. Michele Fornasier
6. Paul Pogba (14. Ryan Tunnicliffe 60)
7. Larnell Cole
8. Ravel Morrison
9. John Cofie
10. Will Keane (16. Joshua King 60)
11. Nicky Ajose (c)(12. Etzaz Hussain 78)
Subs not used
13. Conor Devlin
15. Jesse Lingard
Goal scorers: Ajose 2, Pogba 19, Cofie 88
Ref: DA Croft
Stoke: Parton; Hedley, Sinclair, Cohen, Wint; Urwin, Jackson (Dawson 75), Connor, Mitchell; Vickers (Harrison 75), Alexander.
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