Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Academy Football: David Amoo And Tony Silva On Target As U18s Hit Back

Goals from David Amoo and Tony Silva saw Liverpool under-18s bounce back from successive defeats to beat Barnsley 2-0 at the Kirkby Academy.

Rodolfo Borrell’s side had been beaten by Leicester City and Nottingham Forest, but they secured their second victory of the FA Premier Academy League campaign as Amoo, buoyed by his inclusion in Liverpool’s Champions League squad put them on the road to three points.

Following last week’s defeat, Liverpool started slowly, but goalkeeper Chris Oldfield cleared one cross from underneath the bar and Andre Wisdom was in good form at the back as Barnsley were stronger in the early days.

Christopher Buchtmann almost got on the end of Amoo’s cross on 10 minutes, but five minutes later the same combination helped Liverpool take the lead.

The London-born Amoo finished off Buchtmann’s excellent cross.

The former Millwall youngster was in fine form and from his cross Michael Ngoo fired over.

Liverpool suffered a big blow Alex Cooper was stretchered off on 25 minutes. Borrell’s side was rocked a bit by the injury and took time to get back into their rhythm.

But Krisztian Adorjan fired over and Ngoo shot wide as Liverpool ended their first half with a flurry of chances. Adorjan also saw a header from Amoo’s cross tipped superbly onto the bar by Barnsley keeper Jevan Hodgson.

Ngoo was also denied by Hodgson and fired wide from Buchtmann’s pass.

Despite a host of chances it wasn’t until the 71st minute that Liverpool sealed the points when substitute Silva finished off after being set up by the impressive German midfiedler Buchtmann.

Amoo also went close to scoring again and in the end Liverpool were well worth their victory.

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