The Telegraph
'Liverpool co-owner George Gillett saw the club lift their first silverware under his American regime as Steve Heighway's youngsters retained the FA Youth Cup with a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford last night.
'United pair Magnus Eikrem and Sam Hewson missed their spot-kicks to send the cup back to Anfield. United's 2-1 first-leg victory at Anfield had given Paul McGuinness' team a healthy advantage ahead of the second leg, but captain Craig Cathcart, who missed the first game after being drafted into Sir Alex Ferguson's senior squad, was still unavailable after suffering a knee injury in training that will rule him out until next season.
'Having been outplayed in the first-half, Liverpool were vastly improved after the interval and Robbie Threlfall gave Heighway's team a deserved lead when he beat Robert Zieler from the edge of the penalty area after United had failed to clear Ryan's corner. Neither team could find the goal that would win the cup in the remainder of normal time and extra-time also failed to separate the two sides, so it was left to David Roberts to save Eikrem's penalty before Hewson missed his to win the cup for Liverpool.'
Match details
Manchester United (4-4-2): Zieler; R Eckersley, Strickland, Chester, Evans (Moffatt 99); Welbeck (Eikrem 88), Drinkwater (Bryan 72), Hewson, Galbraith; Brandy, Fagan.
Subs: Woods (g), McCormack.
Liverpool (4-4-2): Roberts; Darby, Spearing, Threlfall, Burns; Ryan (Woodward 95), Ajdarevic (Irwin 81), Barnett, Putterill; Lindfield, Flynn.
Subs: Mimms (g), Highdale, Parsonage.
Goal: Threlfall (56).
Quotes from managers:
Steve Heighway, "I would have been quite happy to share. These are two great clubs, with two sets of players who were totally aware of the traditions. It would have been fitting if the match had ended in a draw, which, as far as I am concerned, it did. Penalties are just a sideshow. I don't really understand why we had to go through the agony of them just so we could have a winner." (Stop being so reasonable ysb - ed)
Paul McGuinness, "We showed a lack of experience. The Liverpool lads are older and more mature. They played like a professional team whereas we were more like schoolboys."