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Ruben Amorim’s side doesn’t play until Sunday but Adam Lawrence’s Manchester United U18s are in action and promise to provide another exciting game.
After a 3-0 win in the U18 Premier League Cup last weekend over Leeds, the U18s were back in league action on Saturday morning, travelling to 11th-placed Stoke.
Manchester United are in red-hot form and have now won 10 of 10 in the competition so far this season – sitting clear a the top of the league.
It was far from straightforward, but goals from Chido Obi-Martin, James Scanlon and Dante Plunkett saw United walk out 3-0 winners.
Read below for the live updates and scores as they happened during the game.
Stoke City 0-3 (Chido Obi, Scanlon, Plunkett) Manchester United
Full-time
Stoke City 0-3 Manchester United
It’s all over and it is now 10 wins out of 10 for United this season in the league as Adam Lawrence’s magnificent side found a way to beat this stubborn Stoke side.
[Link]3-0 Manchester United
Dante Plunkett makes it 3-0, it was hard going today but United ended up with a comfortable win.
[Link]2-0 Manchester United
James Scanlon scores a brilliant goal from the edge of the box, smashing it past the Stoke keeper. He’s now level with Biancheri for U18 goals this season.
[Link]1-0 Manchester United
Chido Obi opens the scoring from the spot and pulls out the Rashford celebration afterwards. His sixth of the season.
[Link]Half-time
Stoke 0-0 Manchester United
All even at half-time but United are clearly the team in the ascendancy. Jim Thwaites looks most likely to make something happen.
[Link]Chido Obi chance
After some nice footwork from Jim Thwaites, the resulting chance ends up over the bar from Chido Obi.
[Link]United turning up the tempo
After 38 minutes, finally, United seems to be upping the tempo and is starting to pen Stoke in. A goal before half-time would be perfect.
[Link]Little to shout about so far
After 15 minutes, little has happened in the game, with both sides struggling to take hold of the match.
[Link]Kukonki back with the U18s
Despite training with the senior team for over a week and making the match-day squad against Ipswich, Godwill Kukonki now starts for Adam Lawrence against Stoke.
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Manchester United XI
Byrne-Hughes (GK), Plunkett, Kukonki, Mills, Munro (C), T. Fletcher, Lusale, Baumann, Obi-Martin, Thwaites & Scanlon.
Subs: Bailey, Mantato, Ibragimov, Kaba, Musa
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