Source: TheGuardian
Liverpool knock rivals Manchester United out of Uefa Youth League
• Coach Steven Gerrard gets better of opposite number Nicky Butt• Ben Woodburn on target as 2-0 win puts Liverpool in quarter-finalOld rivalries die hard or, as the reactions of Steven Gerrard and Nicky Butt to a Rafael Camacho goal showed, not at all when it comes to Liverpool versus Manchester United. Gerrard sprung from the bench, punching the air Klopp-like, when the Liverpool substitute swept his team into the Uefa Youth League quarter-finals. Butt, another veteran of the Premier League’s fiercest rivalry turned youth team coach, turned his back on Liverpool’s celebrations and kicked the ground. Defeat in fixtures between the two club never gets easier.Liverpool were deserving winners of a last-16 tie their coach had described as requiring no extra motivation due to the nature of the opposition. Gerrard was addressing his players but may well have been speaking from within when he admitted: “The reason I want this challenge is because I can’t go and find it myself as a player any more.” Related: Steven Gerrard: ‘I’m definitely feeling it – I’ve aged about two years in six months’ Continue reading......read full article
