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Midfielder Danny Drinkwater was the unluckiest man for the home side just after the interval when he hit the post twice in a ten minute spell as the Albion started to creak at the back under incessant pressure. In the 75th minute a shock victory for the Seagulls still looked on the cards only for Antonio Bryan to fire home an equaliser for the Red Devils.
The home side really had the bit between their teeth now and they grabbed what would turn out to be a late winner just five minutes later. Italian striker Federico Macheda being brought down in the box by Brighton goalkeeper Josh Pelling, Macheda stepping up to take the penalty and, after seeing his initial spot-kick saved, scoring at the second attempt.
Manchester United, under coach Paul McGuinness, perhaps aren't as good as you'd expect them to be in the world of youth team football as they currently sit third, behind rivals City and Everton, in a ten-team table in their regional section of the FA Premier Academy League. The Red Devils having won nine, drawn one and lost five of their sixteen league games played to date.
Their result tonight, in struggling to get past a Brighton side who are comparatively no better than Carlisle in their own geographical region of the Puma Youth Alliance League, will give the young Blues real belief that they can go down to Manchester in the middle of January and make their Premier League opponents work very hard for a place in the final sixteen of the FA Youth Cup.
Third Round Results :
Port Vale 4-0 Swansea City (12/12)
Luton Town 0-3 Leeds United (05/12)
Stoke City 1-1 Wigan Athletic (12/12), Stoke City win 4-3 on penalties a-e-t
Everton 0-2 Bristol City (11/12)
Blackpool 2-3 Macclesfield Town (12/12)
Oldham Athletic 0-1 Sheffield United (10/12)
Manchester City 5-1 Millwall (12/12), at Hyde United FC
Huddersfield Town 1-2 Birmingham City (12/12)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Charlton Athletic (11/12)
Chester City 3-0 York City (12/12)
Portsmouth 1-0 Fulham (11/12)
Swindon Town 2-1 Barnsley (12/12)
Queens Park Rangers 3-5 Ipswich Town (05/12)
Burnley 1-5 Arsenal (11/01), at Accrington Stanley FC, previously postponed on 8/12
Stevenage Borough 0-1 Chelsea (13/12)
Newcastle United 0-1 Shrewsbury Town (17/12)
Carlisle United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (11/12), Carlisle United win 4-2 on penalties a-e-t
Leicester City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers (12/12)
Wycombe Wanderers 0-5 Liverpool (12/12)
Plymouth 3-0 Coventry City (11/12)
Sunderland 6-1 Norwich City (11/12)
Northampton Town 0-1 Reading (12/12)
West Ham United 0-2 Bolton Wanderers (19/12)
Manchester United 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion (13/12), at Northwich Victoria FC
Crystal Palace 1-0 Hull City (11/12)
Scunthorpe United 1-2 Watford (11/12)
Preston North End 3-1 West Bromwich Albion (11/12)
Southend United 4-1 Derby County (14/12)
Southampton 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (12/12)
Rushden and Diamonds 1-3 Colchester United (11/12)
Aston Villa 3-1 Crewe Alexandra (12/12)
Middlesbrough 1-0 Cardiff City (12/12)
*Ties to be played by Saturday the 15th of December
Fourth Round Proper Draw In Full :
Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle (22/01), previously postponed on 15/01
Bristol City v Leeds United (16/01)
Manchester United v Carlisle United (16/01), at Northwich Victoria FC
Swindon Town v Middlesbrough (29/01), previously postponed on 16/01
Southend United v Stoke City (17/01)
Sunderland v Macclesfield Town (16/01)
Bolton Wanderers v Port Vale (08/01)
Colchester United v Aston Villa (16/01)
Ipswich Town v Watford (16/01)
Charlton Athletic v Sheffield United (16/01)
Leicester City v Crystal Palace (08/01)
Birmingham City v Preston North End (16/01), at Solihull Moors FC
Tottenham Hotspur v Chester City (08/01)
Liverpool v Arsenal (29/01)
Reading v Manchester City (23/01)
Chelsea v Shrewsbury Town (17/01), at Brentford FC
*Ties to be played by Saturday the 19th of January
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