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Under-18 side beaten by Manchester City

Goal in each half seals victory for visitors

ALBION’s youngsters suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Manchester City on Saturday in the Under-18 Premier League.

The Baggies started brightly but fell behind inside the opening 20 minutes when Lorenzo Gonzalez opened the scoring for the away side.

The same man doubled City’s lead with a brilliant strike from 30 yards after the restart.

Albion had two good opportunities in the final few moments but they were unable to grab a consolation.

ALBION: Keranovic, Meredith, O’Shea, Piggott, Melbourne (Artymatas 85), Bradley, Dool, Nabi, Morrison (Phillips 65), Tulloch, Forss.

Unused subs: Pryzbek, Holsgrove, Healy.