Manchester United's Under-18s suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Sunderland in our U18 Premier League North fixture at Carrington on Saturday afternoon.
It was a rapid start from Adam Lawrence's champions. With barely 30 seconds on the clock, Malachi Sharpe received the ball on the right flank and raced towards the byline before his smart cut-back left Bendito Mantato with a simple finish to open the scoring.
The lead would only stay intact for a matter of seconds, when Sunderland's Rhys Walsh raced down the left side and rolled the ball into Aaron Chungh in the centre to fire home the equaliser, creating a near mirror-image of the opener.