An early second-half strike saw our under-18s fall to a 1-0 defeat away to Southampton.
We came closest to breaking the deadlock in a first half of few chances when Kyran Thompson rattled the post with a powerful strike ten minutes before half-time.
But it was the hosts who took the points thanks to Thierry Rohart-Brown's goal five minutes after the break.
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