Tonight's #Pompey team: Leon Pitman; Harry Kavanagh, Haji Mnoga, Ethan Robb, Joe Hancott; James Whiting, Freddie Read; Leon Maloney, Oscar Johnston, Josh Flint; Bradley Lethbridge Subs: Liam Kelly, Tom Bruce, Stan Bridgman, Eoin Teggart, Alfie Stanley ************************************************************************************************************ Liverpool's starting line up: please log in to view this image
Full-time Liverpool 3 Pompey 2 90+3 - GOALL A sucker punch as Pompey concede late as Duncan snatches what looks like it'll be a late winner 90+2 Robb bursts through the Liverpool defence before he's dispossesed Added-time Four minutes 89 Johnston cuts inside from the right but drags his shot wide of the near post 86 Sharif latches on to a long ball but Pitman is swiftly off his line to dispossess the Liverpool forward 84 - Pompey change Liam Kelly replaces James Whiting 84 - Liverpool change Remi Savage replaces Morgan Boyes 83 Duncan forces a save out of Pitman from the edge of the box, but he's flagged offside anyway 82 Whiting charges down Cain's right-foot shot 78 - Liverpool change Jack Bearne replaces Elijah Dixton-Bonner 78 Pompey SHOULD be ahead. Lethbridge beats Clayton to the ball down the right. He puts a cross into the box which finds Bridgman arriving late, but he heads wide 77 Pompey could well be in front. Whiting's raking ball sets Lethbridge away down the right. He cuts inside and the ball falls for Johnston, but he blazes his left-foot effort well over the crossbar 71 - GOAL!!! Liverpool fail to deal with a corner and Lethbridge shows superb determination to hook the ball back across goal. He finds Hancott, who calmly steers his left-foot effort into the empty net!!! 71 - GOAL!!!!!! HANCOTT EQUALISES!!!!!!!!!!!! 71 Read's corner finds Lethbridge in acres of space but his header is kept out by Jaros. 65 - GOAL! LETHBRIDGE CONVERTS THE SPOT-KICK HIGH INTO THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER!!!!! 65 - PENALTYY Lethbridge's free-kick hits and arm in the wall and wins Pompey a penalty. Duncan goes into the book 64 Maloney brought down by Walls on the angle of Liverpool's box and he collects a booking 63 - Pompey change Stan Bridgman replaces Harry Kavanagh 62 Sharif's cross from the left is pushed away by Pitman for a corner 60 Liverpool want a penalty for a foul on Glatzel but, in truth, Mnoga timed his challenge to perfection 58 The referee plays advantage for a foul on Glatzel and the ball falls to Dixon-Bonner, but his stinging effort is kept out bu the palms of Pitman 58 Cain threads a ball through to Shafif but Mnoga gets a cross to make a superb challenge and concede a corner 56 Lethbridge creates himself space 30 yards from goal but drags his right-foot shot wide 54 An early delivery from Maloney tries to find Johnston in the box and the ball is cut out by Clayton for a corner. An encouraging start from the Blues 46 Liverpool get the game back under way Half-time Liverpool 2-0 Pompey. The young Blues have had their share of the ball and goalscoring opportunities, but Liverpool have been more clinical where it matters Added time Two minutes 49 Read's 40-yard free-kick is confidently claimed by Jaros 47 Lovely play between Kavanagh, Maloney and Read down the right before the former's cross is headed clear 45 Sharif cuts a ball back for Duncan inside the box but Mnoga's in the way to block the striker's goalbound effort 39 Kavangh wins Pompey a corner down the right. Flint plays it short to Maloney, who jinks his way into the area before his cross-cum-shot is cut out by Jaros 36 Another Duncan pass splits Pompey's defence but Kavanagh makes a superb last-ditch challenge to dispossess Sharif 33 - GOAL Duncan threads an inch-perfect ball through to Sharif and he keeps his composure to slot past Pitman 33 - GOAL Sharif makes it 2-0 32 Kavanagh's cross from the byline finds its way to Lehtbridge. He takes a touch before cracking a left-foot shot with is thwarted by the onrushing Jaros 28 Pompey enjoying a fine spell of possession and Lethbridge cannons a right-foot shot just beyond Jaros' left-hand post 27 Whiting finds Lehtbridge on his own on the left-hand side of the box and his shot is deflected for a corner 26 Maloney with a wriggling run down the right before he's fouled by Boyes. The Liverpool full-back goes into the book. Flint's free-kick is claimed by Jaros 24 Blue shirts are queuing up inside the box but Kavangh's cross is blocked for a corner 22 Sharif down receiving treatment and walks off with what looks to be a bloodied nose. The Liverpool forward has went down the tunnel to receive treatment 19 Liverpool should have doubled their advantage when Sharif's cross picks out Glatzel inside the six-year box but the home skipper gets the ball caught under his feet with the goal at his mercy 15 Mnoga makes the mess of a long ball, which allows Duncan free on goal. He jinks his way into the box before keeping his cool to beat Pitman 15 - GOAL Duncan gives Pompey the lead 13 Pompey want a penalty when Lethbridge is nudged over inside the box before Whiting's follow-up is down Jaros' throat 12 Liverpool come agonisingly close to taking the lead when Sharif stands a cross up for Glatzel at the back post, but his header rattles the bar 11 Lethbridge whips in a cross from the right which is headed high into the air by Walls before Jaros gathers 9 Liverpool with the first sight on goal. Glatzel slips in Duncan but his angled left-foot shot just misses the far post 7 Kavanagh's cross from the right tries to pick Johnston out at the back stick, but Reds keeper Jaros is alert to gather 5 Just as I type the previous post, Liverpool steal the ball off Pompey and Glatzel puts the ball in the back of the net, but he's flagged offside 5 Pompey have made a decent start here, seeing a lot more of the ball 1 Pompey get the game under way please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Totally Wicked Stadium at St Helens.
Close game but we were pipped at the post by a very good Premier League academy side. To fight back in the second half from 2-0 down to draw level was superb !! Mark Kelly should be rightly proud of his young team who played so well. It augurs well for the future of the club
