15-year-old scores as Liverpool U18s beat Man City for first time in over 6 years

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Liverpool’s Josh Sonni-Lambie struck late to secure a 3-2 win at Man City for the U18s, with a 15-year-old also getting his name on the scoresheet. Man City U18s 2-3 Liverpool U18s U18 Premier League, City Football Academy October 18, 2025 Goals: Samba 12′, Wain 67′; Sonni-Lambie 9′, 85′, Abe 65′ Liverpool’s U18s returned from the international break with a trip to early league leaders City, and led three different times throughout the match.

HT: Man City U18s 1-1 Liverpool U18s Three goals came in the second half but, importantly for Liverpool, they were responsible for two for their fourth victory in six league games. Josh Abe’s first goal for Liverpool U18 against Manchester City pic.twitter.com/138rGX7zjR — Lewis Bower (@LewisBower2021) October 18, 2025 Liverpool, however, fell to the same mistake as the first half, conceding just two minutes after taking the lead as Jake Wain took advantage of a scrappy clearance.

City then twice hit the woodwork while Sonni-Lambie and substitute Haydn Murray-Holme had attempts to restore Liverpool’s lead in a back-and-forth contest. Liverpool U18s: Hall; Conde, Ayman, Cisse, Clarke; Upton, Hickman, Yeguo (O’Connor 78′); Abe (Murray-Holme 83′), Sonni-Lambie, Forrester Subs not used: Bernard, Owen, Wain