ALBION 2Maguire-Drew, 34
Tighe, 50
CHELSEA 1
Christie-Davis, 46
Brighton & Hove Albion’s under-18s secured a deserved 2-1 victory against Chelsea on Saturday.
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Albion led through Jordan Maguire-Drew but had their lead wiped out seconds after the re-start; however, Simon Rusk’s side showed strong concentration and an element of grit, to secure the win thanks to Connor Tighe's wonderful goal.
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Albion carved out the game’s first chance after 15 minutes when Tighe's jinking run and cross found its way to Maguire-Drew, via an inventive flick-on from Dessie Hutchinson. However, Maguire-Drew’s left-foot effort was well saved by Jared Thompson in the Chelsea goal.
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The Brighton forward was more clinical when his next chance arrived in the 34th minute, latching onto Hutchinson's defence-splitting pass, then faking a shot to cut inside, before sliding home.
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The scoreline stood until half-time thanks to George Hobbs, whose brilliant save to deny Isaac Christie-Davis was one of several outstanding pieces of goalkeeping from the Albion stopper.Hobbs had little chance with Chelsea’s equaliser, though, as Isaac Christie-Davis managed to beat him with a close-range finish just one minute into the second half.
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But the response from the Seagulls was superb; Jack Rowe-Hurst fought for possession up field, laid the ball off to Tighe, who got it out of his feet quickly before curling a beautiful effort that glided into the top corner from just outside the box.
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With the lead restored Albion began to display solid defensive work, making themselves hard to break down, yet still looking threatening going forward.Tighe saw a header saved on 67 minutes while Hobbs also pulled off another great save with five minutes remaining, this time denying Jacob Maddox with a strong diving save.
ALBION: Hobbs (GK); Courtney, White, Horncastle, Barnett (Cox 76); Collar, Hutchinson, Tighe, Pring (Rowe-Hurst 37), Maguire-Drew, Tilley (Meyers 87). Sub not used: Mar-Larusson.
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