Layton Stewart's 88th-minute goal gave Liverpool U18s a 3-2 win from an entertaining league clash with Stoke City at the Academy on Saturday.
Jake Cain and Tom Hill had scored first-half goals for the young Reds, who were twice pegged back by the visitors and looked likely to have to settle for a point.
But Stewart’s excellent late finish, lobbed over the goalkeeper, means Barry Lewtas’ side have made an 100 per cent start to the U18 Premier League season.
Stoke fashioned the first chance on a bright morning in Kirkby as Jai Verma sought to pounce on a cross from the right but was denied by a crucial Jarell Quansah block at the last.