U18s report: Watford 2-4 Arsenal

Watford U18 WHAT HAPPENED

We booked our place in the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup after beating Watford 4-2 in a dramatic comeback at Vicarage Road on Monday night.

We fell behind after just two minutes when the hosts got in behind our backline and Michael Adu-Poku tapped home from close range.

We responded well to the setback with Jimi Gower firing just over and Omari Benjamin had an effort deflected just wide of the post.

However, we gave ourselves a mountain to climb when we failed to deal with another cross in our area and Tobi Adeyemo finished from inside the six-yard box.

Cozier-Duberry, Seb Ferdinand, and Bradley Ibrahim all went close to pulling one back in the first half, but…