Following the disappointment of failing to give a clearly inferior Liverpool side the hammering they deserved on Sunday, United's Under 23s delivered in the best possible way. Deep into stoppage time, Matthew Willock rose in the area to get his head to a Goss free kick and the Reds put some much-needed distance between themselves and those in the relegation zone by stealing a win at Anfield in the most satisfying manner possible.
It's been a disappointing Premier League 2 season for United thus far and Liverpool, riding high in the table, will surely have been favourites to win this encounter. Had they spent less time indulging the local pastime of righteous indignation every time a decision went against them, they may well have given themselves an opportunity to do so.
There was certainly enough of that on display when, after a non-event of a first half, United were awarded a penalty in the 75th minute of a livelier second period. In a manner of which their senior colleagues would surely have been proud, the home players surrounded the ref, presumably in an effort to remind him of the locally uncontested view that it is impossible for anyone wearing a Liverpool shirt to do anything wrong, after Gribbin had gone down in the area under a challenge from Lewis.
In truth, the only questionable part of the decision was that Lewis escaped with a yellow. Their histrionics turned out to be academic anyway when Goss's penalty was well saved by George.
And that appeared to be it. With the clock running down and 0-0 looking ever more likely, Goss seized one final opportunity to make a difference and the quality of his free kick gave Willock the simplest of chances. he duly obliged and the Under 23s grabbed a rare, but very pleasing, three away points.
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