Leicester City Under-16s

Leicester City Win U16 Premier League Cup!

A Jake Evans rocket deep into extra-time saw Leicester City's Under-16s beat Manchester City 2-1 to win the U16 Premier League Cup.

A penalty from Evans opened the scoring at King Power Stadium before Christian Dunbar-McDonald sent the game into extra-time, when a stunning second strike from Evans decided the cup final in favour of the Foxes.

City were up for the occasion and started strongly in a game which consisted of two 40 minute halves, forcing a chance early on at King Power Stadium when Evans' trickery allowed the winger space to cut inside on his favoured left foot, but the final effort hit the side netting.

Leicester's left-back William Daniels was looking dangerous, attempting to find his forwards with early crosses but to no avail, before Man City had their best chance of the half, when the ball fell to Regan Heskey after bobbling around in the box - but he fired over the bar.

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Jake Evans
Jake Evans

Jake Evans scored a brace in the final.

At the start of the second half in the final, the hosts were once again in the ascendancy, producing good moments from wingers Jeremy Monga and Evans, coming closest when a good run from Luqman Aideed ended with Louis Page firing over from inside the six yard box.

The persistence did eventually pay off for the young Foxes who broke the deadlock with little over 10 minutes to go from the penalty spot. Daniels' cut back to Monga put the Citizens' defence on edge, forcing them to go to ground, fouling the No.7 inside the box; Evans then stepped up, sent the 'keeper the wrong way and rolled the ball into the bottom left-hand corner.

Unfortunately for Leicester, Man City fought back and equalised with five minutes to go, when Dunbar-McDonald took advantage of two defenders, fresh into the game, cut inside and found the far corner past Freddie Marson.

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Leicester City Under-16s
Leicester City Under-16s

Lifting the trophy.

Into extra-time we went, with 10 minutes to be played in each half, and the first couple of attempts fell to the Leicester goalscorer, who got the ball on the wing and hit the side netting before testing Oliver Whatmuff from range.

With both teams getting tired on their feet, the game needed a hero, and it appeared in the form of Evans for Leicester. Great credit has to go to Aideed for driving into the Man City half before playing the ball to his team-mate who did the rest, finding the underside of the crossbar before the back of the net to crown the Foxes as champions.

City: Marson; Sutherington (Jacklin 74'), Diallo (Toko 74'), Adedeji, Daniels; Lawrence, Page; Evans, Aideed (De Lisle 92'), Monga; Hutchinson (Owusu 87').

Subs not used: Stretton.

Goal: Evans 68' (pen), 95'.

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