Iheanacho Watches As City Defender Adarabioyo, Chelsea Young Stars Ugbo&Tomori Feature In FA Youth Cup Final

Chelsea U18s played out a 1-1 draw against Manchester City U18s in the first leg of the 2016 FA Youth Cup final held on Friday night to put themselves in a good position to win the competition for the third year running.

Three players of Nigerian descent, Ike Ugbo, Fikayo Tomori(both Chelsea) and Tosin Adarabioyo were included in the starting line-up of their respective teams, while City youngster Dele-Bashiru watched proceedings on the bench.

The scoreline remained goalless at half time but Fikayo Tomori and Ugbo had decent opportunities to break the deadlock .

Nemane restored parity for the Citizens in the 68th minute after Mount had opened scoring for the Young Blues five minutes out of intermission.

A number of Manchester City first team players, including Vincent Kompany,Raheem Sterling and Kelechi Iheanacho, were present at the Academy Stadium.

The second leg of the FA Youth Cup will hold on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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