Adam Birchall was thrilled with how his under-18s responded to Saturday’s 6-4 defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur with a 3-2 win at Chelsea on Tuesday.
Louis Zecevic-John and Josh Ogunnaike were both on the scoresheet and Khari Ranson saved a penalty before we forced a Olutayo Subuloye own goal.
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“I’m really pleased,” he said. “I thought we dominated the ball with large spells. We defended with 11 and I think based on my comments from the last game, what we showed is absolutely what we've been developing and that's the personality to play in a game like this.