Match report from Man Utd Under 18s v Forest | 7 March 2026

FIRST HALF

Gabriel maybe set the tone for an eventful afternoon within the first 5 minutes, discovering an angle to shoot however curling his effort central and permitting Alastair Graham to reserve it on this event.

Nathaniel-Junior Brown examined the gloveman quarter-hour later, as did Gabriel once more, with Graham by some means getting all the way down to tip that shot, headed for the bottom-left nook, broad of the submit.

Darren Fletcher’s aspect did finally get rewarded for his or her robust begin, nevertheless, when some robust urgent work from Louie Bradbury compelled the goalkeeper into a brief go, which was seized by McEvoy, who then slotted house the opener.

That strike opened up the sport barely, and Gabriel did not want a second invitation. Discovering an angle to shoot, he rocketed a long-distance strike in the direction of the top-left nook, clipping the underside of the crossbar earlier than bouncing over the road.

Not content material with simply that, he added a second to his private tally 5 minutes later, this time curling an effort from exterior of the penalty space into the alternative nook, giving a diving Graham not probability of reaching it.

United had been firmly in management heading in for half-time.