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Manchester United Under-18 boss Darren Fletcher has highlighted an issue he is not liking despite his side’s victory over Wolves.
United defeated Wolves
United secured another win on Saturday as they cruised to a 3-1 victory against Wolves.
Wonderkid JJ Gabriel continued his red-hot streak as he broke the deadlock with a fantastic strike in the 24th minute of proceedings.
Gabriel made a clever run, which defender Dan Armer located before smashing the ball home from an extremely tight angle.
The goal marked Gabriel’s 15th of the season. He came close to registering his 16th towards the end of the first half but was denied by the crossbar.
Noah Ajayi doubled United’s lead moments after Gabriel shed first blood, expertly tucking the ball into the bottom corner after being played into the penalty area by Jayirah Shah. Gabriel scored a late penalty to restore United’s two-goal lead after Mason Stevens had pulled one back for the visitors.
Since being appointed as Ruben Amorim’s temporary replacement, Michael Carrick has made a point of watching the youth matches and was again on hand to watch the Under-18s in action against Wolves. Carrick was accompanied by his assistant Steve Holland.
In his post-match interview with IN-TVFletcher did not hide his disappointment. He felt his side had become too comfortable after the break and criticized them for ‘over-indulging’ when they should have been ruthless and killed the game against Wolves.
Fletcher’s verdict
Fletcher said: “We went 2-0 up at half-time and I was very happy with that. I wasn’t so happy with the second half.”
“2-0 is a dangerous score, and we over-indulged ourselves a bit, made a bit too many mistakes by being sloppy. We let Wolves back into the game.”
The former United midfielder added: “It’s all about development, but when you’ve been in the game for a long time you see these situations coming.”
“You try to warn against it, but she [youngsters] You have to experience it to learn.”
“You have to keep doing the right things. Anything could have happened with the 2-1 score. We gave them a glimmer of hope.”
Meanwhile, Carrick and his players return to action on Monday when they take on Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The kick-off is at 8 p.m.
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