U18s match report Nottingham Forest v Manchester United 18 October 2025

Riko Robinson practically supplied Forest with a direct lead after only one minute, however shot huge of Fred Heath’s proper put up, as an alternative resulting in a buying and selling of efforts at both finish within the opening levels.

Kalum Thompson, for the hosts, and Jim Thwaites, for United, have been answerable for the most effective early efforts. Set-piece specialist Thwaites shot huge twice from free-kicks, however would show impactful in the same state of affairs later within the recreation. Thompson, a 16-year-old Northern Irish winger already an everyday for Forest’s U21s, pressured Heath into two first rate saves, with the United shot-stopper diving down nicely to the underside left nook for the second. But it surely was Fuad Smith, one other U21s common, who put the hosts forward, with Forest taking full benefit of a broken-down United counter-attack to race ahead. Spencer Sutton, the overlapping left-back, reduce properly for Smith to transform in the midst of the world.

United trailed on the break, however trademark good manouvering from Gabriel — an U15 taking part in up for United — earned a left-wing free-kick, from which Thwaites delivered a positive cross for Kukonki to look dwelling into the underside proper nook.