Witton Albion v AFC Liverpool, 22nd July 2017


It was a Pre-Season friendly, and a reunion with ex-Reds Boss Paul Moore.

On arriving at Wincham Park, I got chatting with Chris Brooks, along with Lynn and Ade.  I watched a few minutes of Liverpool's 2-1 win over Leicester in the Premier League Asia Trophy, courtesy of Chris's tablet.

As Dave The Rattler and I made our way to the other side of the ground to where we were attacking, we both shook hands with our old Manager Mooresy. 

It was a first half hour dominated by the home side, who created chance after chance.  Some efforts were cleared off our line, whilst others went wide.  There was the odd save by Ben Morrow in the AFC goal.  For all their dominance, Witton were only 1-0 up.
As the first half drew to a close, AFC started to find a bit of confidence, and a couple of decent chances were created.  The home side could have once more extended the lead on the stroke of half time.  But one of our defenders was able to back heel it away off the line.
The second half saw AFC continue to grow in confidence, and create more chances.  But two efforts with just the keeper to beat went agonisingly wide. I think they both fell to number 9 Joe Whittington.
The class of the side two levels above showed, as they scored twice to establish a three goal lead.  The third Witton Albion goal was a beauty which left second half keeper Dom Garner with no chance.
We did create a couple of situations later on in the inside right area, in which the final pass was not fruitful.  We did though get a chance to score a consolation with a couple of minutes to go, after one of their defenders needlessly pulled one of our guys down, in going for a ball he probably wouldn't have reached anyway.  Number 11 Steven Milne stepped up to ensure the scoreline ended 3-1.

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