Our Academy made it three wins out of three in the UEFA Youth League after an all-action 4-2 win at 10-man Monaco on Wednesday afternoon.
We dominated the first half-an-hour at the Ligue 1 side’s impressive training facility in La Turbie and took the lead through Oli Irow’s angled finish. At that stage, we looked good value to win but we seemed to lose our momentum in the run-up to half-time and conceded to Joan Tincres either side of the break as Monaco took the upper hand.
You sensed the game was in the balance by that point, both sides having squandered chances, but when Elijah Upson scored an excellent header from a corner to level things up just before the hour mark, we established control once more and got ourselves back in front when Luca Williams-Barnett set up Tynan Thompson to lash home for 3-2.
Monaco substitute Kenan Moulangou was dismissed for a second bookable offence just afterwards, with Leo Black’s subsequent thunderous strike from distance setting the seal on another impressive overall display in the south of France.
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