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Crystal Palace Under-18s smashed seven past West Bromwich Albion on a rainy Saturday morning at Copers Cope, ensuring they ve done all they can to secure the Premier League South title with the result now dependant on second-placed Fulham s next game.
Summary:
West Brom take the lead 15 minutes in, forcing an own goal from a corner
The Eagles respond five minutes later through Rak-Sakyi
Akinwale doubles the lead for Palace just a minute after Rak-Sakyi scores
Half-time: Crystal Palace 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Palace start the second-half brightly as Maliq Cadogan scores
Omilabu scores his 20th goal of the season as he adds Palace’s fourth and fifth
Crystal Palace Under-18s continued to put pressure on Fulham at the top of the U18s Premier League South as they put five past Brighton on the south coast.
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Two goals from David Omilabu fired Palace Under-18s to a comfortable win over Aston Villa, and saw them go three points clear at the top of the U18s Premier League South.
Summary:
David Omilabu fires home a penalty in 2nd minute
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s shot falls to Omilabu for tap in and 2-0 lead
Aston Villa score sloppy goal before half time
Half-time: Palace 2-1 Aston Villa
Joe Whitworth saves well to deny early second-half minute equaliser
Jack Wells-Morrison scores back post header for 3-1 after half time
Full-time: Palace 3-1 Aston Villa
In a sunny south London, the high-flying U18’s started the game at a frenetic pace.
Last time the two sides met Aston Villa came out on top, a result that made it seven wins out of nine and saw them establish themselves as title contenders. Since then however, they have won just two of their last nine in the league and now sit 12 points off top spot, albeit with two games in hand.
While their league form has suffered – they conceded seven at home to Chelsea last time out – their FA Youth Cup run shows their undeniable collective ability. After victories over Reading and Brighton & Hove Albion, they put nine past Burton Albion at Villa Park on Wednesday evening to set up a quarter-final with Newcastle United.
U18 manager McCarthy praised the midfielder, saying: “Jes is an example for the rest of the players because he’s had to work really hard to improve areas of his development and deal with disappointments of not being in the team.
“He’s knuckled down and seen the fruits of his labour and I think that’s an example to all the young players we have here. Now, Jes has to maintain that and keep focused.”
Rak-Sakyi is the fifth Under-18s player to sign a professional contract with the club this season, following David Omilabu, Tayo Adaramola, Fionn Mooney and Jadan Raymond.