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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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George Smith

Cristiano Ronaldo is already helping Manchester United to nurture his successor

If Manchester United's FA Youth Cup victory over Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Wednesday night taught us anything, it was that Alejandro Garnacho has a very exciting future ahead of him.

Unsurprisingly, it was him that scored the goals that clinched United's Under-18s first Youth Cup crown since 2011, scoring twice late on. After captain Rhys Bennett had seen his early header cancelled out by Forest's Joshua Powell, United got their noses back in front via a controversial penalty 12 minutes from time.

Controversial it was, but Garnacho made no mistake to dispatch his effort from the spot and claim his sixth goal of the Reds' Youth Cup adventure. And the Argentine was determined to make it a moment he and those present would never forget.

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