Villa's Under 18s lose 2 goal lead and get crushed 12-2 by Chelsea

"Twelve BLOODY Two"

Villa's Under 18 team raced into a two goal lead early doors against their Chelsea counterparts at Cobham, then collapsed completely, conceding an unheard of TWELVE goals.

Goals from Harry McKirdy and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy had fired Villa in front in the first fifteen minutes. Then the wheels fell off.

Jeremie Boga and Miro Muheim hit hat-tricks and Chelsea's young lions ran riot


If you can stand it, there's a comprehensive report of the hammering on Chelsea's website


Chelsea Jared Thompson; Charlie Wakefield, Ruben Sammut, Jake-Clarke-Salter (c) (Ike Ugbo 78), Jay Dasilva; Kyle Scott, Isaac Christie-Davies, Mukhtar Ali (Miro Muheim 34); Tammy Abraham, Dominic Solanke, Jeremie Boga (Josh Grant 75)

Unused subs Nathan Baxter
Scorers Boga 16, 27, 73; Abraham 25, 81; Muheim 43, 54, 60; Solanke 45+3, 45+5; Scott 63; Ugbo 89
Booked Scott

Aston Villa Dylan Forth, Kodi Lyons-Foster, Corey Taylor, Jack Clarke (Alex Prosser h/t), Rory Hale, Easah Suliman, Harry Lewis (Jordan Cox), Harry McKirdy, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Khalid Abdo (c), Callum O’Hare (Jake Humphries)
Unused subs Charlie Bannister
Scorers McKirdy 11; Hepburn-Murphy 15
Booked Hale, Abdo