Youngsters Shine As Dortmund Dismantled

Youngsters Shine As Dortmund Dismantled

A sparkling first half performance secured a deserved 3-1 win at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday afternoon and means we will progress in the UEFA Youth League.

Dortmund simply couldn't handle our front four of Kazaiah Sterling, Samuel Shashoua, Marcus Edwards and Paris Maghoma as we created chance after chance with a display of slick, attacking football at BVB's Brackel Training Centre.

We'd already gone close when Shashoua was denied by Luca Unbehaun in the BVB goal on five minutes and the opener wasn't too far away. Shashoua made no mistake this time after TJ Eyoma and Edwards presented him with a golden chance six yards out, his clinical finish was low into the corner on eight minutes.

Oliver Skipp rattled the crossbar from 25 yards on 16 minutes and two minutes later it was 2-0. Shashoua was involved again, this time picking up the ball on the left from Japhet Tanganga, his cross found Jaden Brown up in support and the finish was sublime, a side-step to lose his man before planting his shot across Unbehaun.

The team responded well when a couple of incidents went against them – goalkeeper Brandon Austin unfortunately allowing Emre Aydeinel's 30-yarder to slip home for 2-1 and then, having dominated, Edwards missing a penalty.

But the players didn't allow that affect them and grabbed the key third goal before the break thanks to a lovely curler from Sterling.

The result means we're guaranteed a place in the top two of the group. Real Madrid can only draw level with us but we have the better head-to-head record, having beaten the Spanish side at Hotspur Way.