Manchester City U19 1-1 Liverpool U19 (3-2 pens): Steven Gerrard's young Reds suffer penalty shoot-out heartache as City reach semi-finals

Daily Mail | March 14, 2018

Daniel Grimshaw was Manchester City's penalty shoot-out hero once again as his two saves saw them overcome Liverpool and reach the UEFA Youth League semi-finals.

The teenage keeper saved four penalties to help City past Inter Milan in the last-16 and when this quarter-final went the distance, he was on hand to make the difference once again.

This time the fall-guys were Steven Gerrard's young Liverpool side. Gerrard enjoyed some notable shoot-out successes in his playing days, but had to watch on helplessly as his players missed three kicks from 12 yards.

Curtis Jones celebrates his opening goal for Liverpool in spectacular airborne fashion

Lukas Nmecha (right) celebrates scoring City's equalising goal with Matthew Smith

Lukas Nmecha smiles at his younger brother Felix as he celebrates his equalising goal for City

Liverpool coach Steven Gerrard watches on from the sidelines at the City Academy Stadium

Grimshaw saved well from Curtis Jones and then Conor Masterson, before Herbie Kane saw his ferociously-struck kick rattle the crossbar and bounce agonisingly the wrong side of the line.