Man City YTH 1 - 2 Arsenal YTH (Nimely-Tchuimeni, 41',Thomas, 71', Sunu, 81')

Unfortunately City YTH were beaten by Arsenal YTH at home tonight and now have a lot of work to do in the second leg if they are to turn the tie around.

It was disappointing to watch our lads get beat tonight, but they do have a lot of quality in the squad and I am sure this tie is far from over as far as City are concerned.

The first goal of the game tonight came from Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni. Boyata managed to get the ball to Trippier after some neat defensive work, Trippier then sent a long pass over to Nimely-Tchuimeni who charged into the box and put the ball into the back of the net. Arsenal didn't give up and came back with two goals. Jay Thomas was their first scorer after heading home from a Wilshere corner, Gilles Sunu got the second Arsenal goal when he hit the ball across the goal keeper and in to the bottom corner.

City now face the battle of trying to overturn the result in the second leg at the Emirates on the 22nd of April.

Man City starting eleven:
Clegg, Trippier, Cunningham, Wabara, Boyata, Tutte, Benali, Ibrahim, Mak, Nimely-Tchuimeni, Chantler

Subs: E Johansen, Tse, (Helan on for Chantler 86), (Elabdellaoui on for Nimely-Tchuimeni 75) , (Redshaw on for Mak 86)

Arsenal starting eleven:
Shea, Eastman, Cruise, Frimpong, Bartley, Ayling, Watt, Coquelin, Sunu, Wilshere, Thomas

Subs: Evina, Mann, Deacon, Freeman, Atobe

Man City YTH vs Arsenal YTH - TONIGHT!!! - Wed 18Th mar 19:00 pm

Just a reminder to get down to Eastlands tonight and support the Youth team in the FA Youth Cup semi final first leg against Arsenal.

If you haven't already got your tickets they are on sale at the ground tonight and will cost £5 for adults and £2 for concessions. City are also providing free car parking in the the North car park.

Please make an effort to get down and support the lads tonight, it would be great if we could retain this Trophy and the support really helps the boys performance.

Man City YTH 1 - 0 Norwich City YTH (Mak, 20')

The young blues go through to the semi final of the FA Youth Cup after a tough game against Norwich City.

Not one of our youth teams better performances, but as they say the sign of a good team is winning when your not at your best. I don't want to take anything away from Norwich's lads though, they really pushed City today and look a good side.

Robbie Mak scored the goal that won the game, after a good pass from Reece Wabara, Mak took the ball past the Norwich defender and produced a nice finish. Norwich had a great chance to equalise when they were awarded a penalty in the 79Th minute, City substitute Omar Elabdellaoui committing a foul on Tom Adeyemi. Nick Davey stepped up to take the penalty for the visitors but squandered a great chance by smashing the ball over the bar.

City now face Arsenal over two legs in the semi final of the competition.

Starting line ups:
City: Clegg, Trippier, Boyata, Wabara, Cunningham, Tutte, Benali, Ibrahim, Chantler, Mak, Nimely.

Substitutes: Redshaw, Johansen, Guidetti, Helan, (Elabdellaoui on for Tutte 74')

Norwich: Rudd, Francomb, Dumic, Stephens, Habergham, Omoregie, Adeyemi, Smith, Dawkin, Davey, Kelly.

Substitutes: Clarke, Steer, Reeves, (Drmola on for Francomb 84'), (Brindley on for Omoregie 76')

Man City YTH vs Norwich City YTH - Sat 7Th Mar 14:00 pm

Just a reminder to get down to Eastlands tomorrow and support City's youth team in the Quarter Final of the FA Youth Cup. City play Norwich in a game that could take them a step closer to retaining the trophy, so the more support the better.

If you haven't already got a ticket in advance, an adult ticket will cost £5 on the day, with all concessions costing £2 each.