LFC se deplaçait à Turf Moor pour rencontrer les jeunes de Burnley pour le compte de la FA Youth Cup.
Les jeunes Reds se sont brillamment qualifiés grâce à des buts de Nardiello et Lindfield (2), score final : 3-0.
D'après les commentaires, Antwi et Hobbs ont encore été très bons, Hammill a fait de bonnes choses, mais l'homme du match a été Paul Anderson, une nouvelle fois excellent et auteur de 3 passes décisives. Il est d'ailleurs sorti sous une standing ovation (je rappelle qu'on jouait à l'extérieur).
Liverpool: Roberts, Darby, Threlfall, Hobbs, Antwi, Smith (Barratt), Anderson (Roque), Barnett, Nardiello (Lindfield), Flynn, Hammill. Subs – Mimms, Roque, Ryan.
Burnley: Mann, Henry, Casey, Smith, Overson, Blackler, Rodriguez (Akbar), Platt, Hanley, Turner (Underwood), Kay. Subs – Donlan, Underwood, Stott, McDonald.
Referee: Mr M Haywood
En quart de finale, les Reds recevront Carlisle United à Anfield.
Pour un résumé plus complet du match, voir ci-dessous le reportage du site officiel.
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ANDERSON INSPIRES YOUNG REDS TO VICTORY
Mark Platt, at Turf Moor 30 January 2006
A scintillating second half performance saw Liverpool coast to a deserved victory in the FA Youth Cup fifth round against Burnley at Turf Moor on Monday night.
Inspired by the brilliant wing play of Paul Anderson, a goal from Michael Nardiello and two from substitute Craig Lindfield secured a comprehensive 3-0 win that guarantees the young Reds a quarter-final time at home to Carlisle United.
On a freezing night in East Lancashire Liverpool, sporting their white change strip, created the first goalscoring opportunity when Nardiello held off the challenge of a Burnley midfielder before unleashing a 30-yard shot that sailed over the bar.
Left-back Robbie Threlfall then tried his luck from a similar distance after charging forward from defence but his effort went the same way.
The best of the attacking play continued to come from Liverpool and just after the 20-minute mark Paul Anderson forced a corner with some determined play down the right flank and from the resultant set-piece Threlfall guided a free header wide of the post.
Threlfall was in the thick of the action and at the opposite end an impressive timely tackle thwarted a promising Clarets attack as Robert Turner threatened to run clean through on goal.
With the temperature dropping dramatically the prospect of extra-time was become less and less appealing by the minute and early in the second half Liverpool made a positive change when Paul Barratt replaced Francis Smith
Within minutes the deadlock was broken and it was a goal worth waiting for. An electric burst of pace and trickery from Anderson saw him get beyond the Burnley full-back and accurate delivery fell invitingly for Nardiello who gratefully slotted the ball home from close-range.
That 56th minute strike seemed to open the game up as a contest and Reds keeper David Roberts, the hero of the last round against Ipswich, was forced into a fine diving save moments later to deny Burnley substitute Akbar an equaliser.
Barratt could have then put the result beyond doubt when he raided down the left flank but after cutting menacingly inside he opted to centre instead of going for goal himself and the chance went begging.
Craig Lindfield entered the fray in the 73rd minute, replacing goalscorer Nardiello, and with his first touch he too could have sealed victory. Adam Hammill raced clear down the right and from his cross Lindfield headed narrowly over at the far post.
Moments later he made amends with a quick-fire two goal blast to confirm Liverpool's passage into the last eight and on both occasions the highly impressive Anderson was the architect.
The first came in the 77th minute. Anderson skinned the full-back once again and his centre was scrambled home in untidy fashion. In contrast the second was a strike reminiscent of the famous Terry McDermott goal in the 7-0 rout of Tottenham at Anfield in 1978.
Former Hull trainee Anderson was now running riot and after gaining possession out on the right touchline he sent over a raking ball that evaded the home defenders and found the head of Lindfield who crashed a powerful header into the roof of the net from the edge of the six-yard box.
Man-of-the-Match Anderson later left the field to a standing ovation and if he and his team-mates can maintain their second half form in the latter rounds of this competition then a repeat of Liverpool's 1996 FA Youth Cup triumph could be a distinct possibility.
Teams
Liverpool: Roberts, Darby, Threlfall, Hobbs, Antwi, Smith (Barratt), Anderson (Roque), Barnett, Nardiello (Lindfield), Flynn, Hammill. Subs – Mimms, Roque, Ryan.
Burnley: Mann, Henry, Casey, Smith, Overson, Blackler, Rodriguez (Akbar), Platt, Hanley, Turner (Underwood), Kay. Subs – Donlan, Underwood, Stott, McDonald.
Referee: Mr M Haywood
Man-of-the-Match: Paul Anderson
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