Manchester United of England youth team player, Shola Shoretire scored twice for The Red Devils’ junior team and helped them romp back from behind to defeat Chelsea 4-2 in an English Premier League 2 match, megasportsarena.com reports.
Shoretire became the evening’s hero, after the visitors took the lead in the sixth minute at Leigh Sports Village Stadium in Greater Manchester through Peart-Harris and they almost went into half-time with that margin, until the Nigerian-born lad equalised in the 45th minute.
His first touch was so immaculate and despite the presence of three Chelsea players around the ball, he was able to get the strike away, but Shoretire had to receive treatment on the pitch as he got injured while n=knocking the ball home.
He struck again in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time, after swirling away from his marker with a brilliant first touch and drilled a left-footed shot past The Blues’ goalkeeper to make it 2-1.
Later on, Amad Diallo and Helm netted in the 70th and 81st minutes respectively for United , while Chelsea’s Henry Lawrence pulled a goal back in injury time, but Shoretire was replaced by Sviderský with 12 minutes remaining after going down injured again.
A day later, this time in the U18 English Premier League, another Nigerian-born lad, Dillon Hoogewerf was among the scorers for Manchester United, as the Junior Red Devils thrashed Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 at Trafford Training Centre in Carrington on Saturday afternoon.
The former Ajax Amsterdam of Holland kid was named in the hosts’ starting line-up less than 24 hours after he was benched for all 90 minutes in United’s English Premier League 2 clash with Chelsea.
His selection paid off, as United were 4-1 up with an hour, with braces from McNeill and Zidane Iqbal, after which Hoogewerf knocked home their fifth goal in the 66th minute, as the Nigerian-born Holland youth international put the icing on the cake when he drilled into the top corner to put the game beyond Wolves.
That saw Hoogewerf take his goal involvement to 16 in 16 games this term, as he has been in top form in recent weeks, with three goals and five assists in his last five matches of the U18 Premier League.
