Adam Birchall was proud of how our under-18s fought in their 3-2 defeat to Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup on Friday night.
Playing under the lights at Emirates Stadium, our Gunners came from behind to lead 2-1 thanks to goals either side of half-time from Louis Copley and Max Dowman.
United struck back with five minutes to go in normal time however, and got themselves a winner in the first half of extra time to progress to the semi-finals.
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On the performance…
“Super proud, I said to the boys after the game that football can be cruel.