{"id":59238,"date":"2026-05-14T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/fa-youth-cup-final-man-city-u18-2-1-man-utd-heskey-scores-winner\/14\/05\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:11:14","slug":"fa-youth-cup-final-man-city-u18-2-1-man-utd-heskey-scores-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/fa-youth-cup-final-man-city-u18-2-1-man-utd-heskey-scores-winner\/14\/05\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Youth Cup final: Man City U18 2-1 Man Utd: Heskey scores winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was widespread interest in this game with the first-team contingent of both teams in attendance at the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c4g9q2wdl9go\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">United&#8217;s manager in waiting<\/a> Michael Carrick took his seat in the stands alongside his coaches, as well as captain Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount, Luke Shaw and Patrick Dorgu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But it was the City youngsters and the supporters along with first-team boss Pep Guardiola and senior players such as Phil Foden, Antoine Semenyo and Nathan Ake who were celebrating as the U18s lifted the trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pre-match star billings of Teddie Lamb and JJ Gabriel, who have scored a combined 54 goals between them this season, were both kept quiet for large periods of the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">City&#8217;s prolific striker Lamb&#8217;s close-range effort was kept out by Byrne-Hughes&#8217; incredible reflex save and he also somehow scooped an effort over the crossbar from inside the six yard box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the other end, the Premier League U18 player of the season Gabriel did call Max Hudson into making a comfortable save low down, while the 15-year-old was also booked for simulation in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chido Obi, who had screwed wide from a promising position, then saw a better opportunity fall his way 14-yards out in the centre of goal, but City captain Kaden Braithwaite made a brilliant sliding challenge to deny the United striker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After trading first-half goals, City felt they had a good shout for a penalty when Byrne-Hughes appeared to bring down Samba in the box, but the hosts were awarded only a corner, much to their displeasure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reiss&#8217; side were creating the better chances and Heskey gave a warning sign when he struck into the side-netting, before belting home the winning goal which he will remember for the rest of his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cjdpyv93vdmo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was widespread interest in this game with the first-team contingent of both teams in attendance at the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium. 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