The Arsenal u18s put an finish to a poor current run with a comeback win over Birmingham Metropolis on Saturday, with goalscorer Ceadach O’Neill set for a first-team call-up.
Photograph through O’Neill on Instagram
The Arsenal u18s had been on a poor run of type earlier than this weekend, winless in eight video games in all competitions together with six defeats.
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Among the many record of outcomes have been a 5-2 FA Youth Cup thrashing by Manchester Metropolis and a 6-2 u18 Premier League defeat to Aston Villa, although these have been the one two defeats by multiple purpose.
Even so, it was nicely previous time for the staff to get again to profitable methods, and that’s simply what they did at house to Birmingham Metropolis on Saturday.
Photograph through Thompson on Instagram
Arsenal performed the primary 10 minutes like a staff determined to get that win, with Ceadach O’Neill and Kyran Thompson lacking early possibilities to take the lead. However it regarded like a day for extra doom and gloom after Fynn Hawkeswood scored from shut vary to place Birmingham 1-0 up.
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Fortunately, Arsenal rallied, with O’Neill scoring a header within the twenty first minute and Maalik Hashi turning house a rebound from an Emerson Nwaneri shot within the thirty fourth minute.
O’Neill was withdrawn at half-time, and has since been noticed with the first-team squad for his or her FA Cup match towards Wigan Athletic. The younger ahead is having a wonderful season to date, not far off a report of 1 purpose or help per recreation.
Photograph through Arsenal.com
Arsenal made certain of the win early within the second half, with Alex Marciniak scoring within the fiftieth minute for 3-1. That turned out to be the ultimate purpose of the match, because the Gunners lifted themselves to tenth within the u18 Premier League South desk.
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Arsenal u18 lineup vs Birmingham Metropolis
Porter, Owusu-Gyasi, Stachow, Pedro, Ogunnaike, Murisa, Hashi, Nwaneri, Marciniak, Thompson, O’Neill
Substitutes
Nduka (for O’Neill, 46), Abubakar (for Ogunnaike, 63), Frohock (for Hashi, 71), Onyekachukwu (for Murisa, 81)
What’s subsequent?
It was actually a great time for the Arsenal u18s to get again to profitable methods, as their subsequent match is the u18 north London derby at house to Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday, February seventeenth at 11:00 GMT.