Liverpool’s Academy sides loved a worthwhile weekend with each the U18 and U21 sides persevering with their good current kind
Kieran Morrison of Liverpool runs with the ball through the Premier League 2 match towards Tottenham Hotspur at Kirkby on March 1 2026(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC through Getty Images)
Kieran Morrison scored twice as Liverpool secured a formidable Premier League 2 win over Tottenham Hotspur to maneuver inside two factors of the highest of the desk.
Morrison’s brace sandwiched a header from debutant Prince Cisse and an outstanding solo effort from summer time signing Will Wright as Rob Page’s facet received 4-2 at a wind-swept Academy at Kirkby on Sunday afternoon.
The 19-year-old winger, who was on the bench for the primary workforce final weekend at Nottingham Forest, now has 14 targets for the season with 10 coming in his final six Premier League 2 outings.
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The Reds stand in fourth within the desk with three video games remaining and are in a robust place for a excessive seeding going into the end-of-season play-offs.
Liverpool fell behind after solely eight minutes in nearly comedy style. Calvin Ramsay didn’t correctly clear a harmful low cross from the suitable by Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny, and Cisse noticed his goalline clearance deflect in off Tottenham ahead James Wilson.
But the Reds had been degree on 25 minutes when, after Ramsay received the ball excessive upfield, Tommy Pilling rapidly fed Morrison to progress for a shot that deceived Tottenham goalkeeper Luca Gunter.
Trey Nyoni – who performed an hour after coming off the bench for the primary workforce towards West Ham United the day past – missed an amazing probability after half-time with a misdirected header from Joe Bradshaw’s cross, earlier than Cisse made amends for his earlier error when he headed a cross from Ramsay in off the submit on 57 minutes.
Tottenham, although, had been degree inside three minutes when Liverpool had been caught on the counter and Russell-Denny completed confidently.
Liverpool went forward once more 4 minutes from time with an outstanding aim from Wright, who took an amazing contact to manage an extended clearance from goalkeeper Armin Pecsi earlier than taking up a defender, chopping inside after which scoring low from the sting of the world.
And Morrison made the sport protected throughout harm time with a fantastic end when discovered by Wright within the space.
On Saturday, Josh Sonni-Lambie scored his twenty first aim of a worthwhile marketing campaign as Simon Wiles’s U18s earned a 1-0 win towards Middlesbrough at Rockliffe Park.
Shortly after the hour, good work by Erik Farkas allowed him to play in Sonni-Lambie for a dinked end over residence goalkeeper Joseph Richardson from the sting of the field. Liverpool now stand third within the desk.
Liverpool U21s are subsequent in Premier League 2 motion on Sunday after they tackle Wolves at Kirkby (kick-off 2pm) whereas the U18s host leaders Manchester City within the U18 Premier League North the day past (kick-off 11am).
LIVERPOOL U21s: Pecsi; Ramsay, Cisse (Pitt 68), Pinnington, Ewing; Nyoni (Laffey 61), Kelly; Morrison, Pilling, Bradshaw (Onanuga 79); Wright. Subs: Poytress, Miles.
LIVERPOOL U18s: Misciur; O’Connor, Powney Wain, Conde, Clarke, Murray-Holme, Lee Forrester, Upton (Ayman 68), Sonni-Lambie, Farkas (Hickman 77), Yeguo (Konde 75). Sub: Hilditch.
