Chelsea-linked 15-year-old scores for Liverpool U18s in cup win

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Liverpool’s senior team may not be giving supporters much to shout about, but the Reds’ Under-18s picked up an impressive 2-1 at Newcastle on Saturday. Newcastle U18s 1-2 Liverpool U18s U18 Premier League Cup (3) | Little Benton Academy November 22, 2025 Goals: Matthew Taylor; Abe, Sonnie-Lambie Red Card: Murray-Holme (two yellows) Simon Wiles’ young side took on the Magpies in the Premier League Cup, looking to bounce back from a surprise 6-3 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.

It was a tough assignment for Liverpool, considering they are ninth in the U18 Premier League currently while Newcastle are in second place. He finished clinically into the corner after being teed up by Josh Sonni-Lambie, with the latter then finding the net himself to double Liverpool’s advantage. • READ: Liverpool fight to keep prodigious winger labelled ‘best in the country’ The centre forward buried a shot from outside the penalty after coming close earlier, putting the Reds in control.

Chances came and went for both sides after the break, with Newcastle pushing for a way back into the game and Sonni-Lambie nearly getting his second of the afternoon. Liverpool had to make it through the final exchanges with 10 men after Haydn Murray-Holme received a second yellow card, but they held on.