U21s match summary | Huddersfield Town v Man Utd | 12 November 2024

The hosts, needing to win in 90 minutes to leapfrog United and advance to the subsequent spherical of the competitors, upped the ante within the second half and put our younger Reds beneath sustained durations of stress.

Regardless of that, Binnion’s crew battled, however our rearguard was breached as soon as extra on 66 minutes, as Huddersfield made it 2-1. Wiles, scorer of the primary, crossed from the suitable and Healey obtained to the entrance put up to energy a close-range header into the purpose.

Netting a late winner at Barnsley and a stoppage-time equaliser at Doncaster Rovers in our earlier two EFL Trophy outings saved hope of extra dramatic celebrations alive within the closing levels, nevertheless it was the League One outfit who obtained the competition’s last two objectives. David Kasumu blasted house from contained in the 18-yard space within the ninetieth minute, earlier than Tom Lees headed in a nook throughout stoppage time.

The end result was sufficient for the hosts to qualify forward of us from Group F of the northern part, alongside table-toppers Doncaster, bringing our marketing campaign within the match to an in depth after three matches which have supplied extra invaluable expertise for our younger gamers in opposition to Soccer League opposition.