{"id":290454,"date":"2025-11-29T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290454\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:51:14","slug":"arthur-albiston-wowed-by-man-utd-wonderkid-who-bamboozled-liverpool-during-7-0-hammering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290454\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Albiston wowed by Man Utd wonderkid who &#8216;bamboozled&#8217; Liverpool during 7-0 hammering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s U18 side were in fine form on Saturday morning to beat Liverpool by a whopping seven goals to nil.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning was a flashback to previous seasons for the U18s, putting seven goals past Liverpool away from home in a completely dominant victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> were top class and benefited from the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/bendito-mantato\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bendito Mantato<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/jim-thwaites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Thwaites<\/a>, who got a goal each and led the team.<\/p>\n<p>But as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/man-utd-u18-vs-liverpool-live-jj-gabriel-latest-team-news-and-score\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United won 7-0 against Liverpool<\/a>, it was 15-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/jj-gabriel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JJ Gabriel<\/a> who stole all the headlines with his three impressive goals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2248997907-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"JJ Gabriel prays before Manchester United vs Liverpool.\" class=\"wp-image-312826\" \/>Photo by Poppy Townson \u2013 MUFC\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesJJ Gabriel continues his lightning-hot season against Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>To win 7-0 at any level is an accomplishment worth being proud of, and Manchester United should be thrilled with the way the U18s played against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, it is JJ Gabriel who deserves the most praise for his hat-trick, as he scored three brilliant goals to bring his season tally to 10 in just nine starts.<\/p>\n<p>         Sum up JJ Gabriel in one word\u2026\ud83d\udd25     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2249001041-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"JJ Gabriel celebrates for Manchester United.\" class=\"wp-image-312818\" \/>Photo by Poppy Townson \u2013 MUFC\/Manchester United via Getty Images      <\/p>\n<p>Watching on commentary, MUTV commentator Arthur Albiston couldn\u2019t help but laud Gabriel for his first goal in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel left Liverpool defenders \u201cbamboozled\u201d, Albiston explained as he tricked one way then another before finding the opening.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel is so dangerous when picking up the ball in the box; no matter whether he has space or not, he will make the space himself.<\/p>\n<p>At just 15, it is important not to get too carried away with Gabriel, but his performances leave no choice but to heap praise on him.<\/p>\n<p>JJ Gabriel already becoming a first-team regular in training at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Despite his age and only being in his first full season with the U18s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/manchester-united-now-believe-they-have-a-15-year-old-whos-better-than-anyone-else-in-their-academy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel is considered the best academy player<\/a> at the club, and it is easy to see why.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old is not just a top talent for his age, but his ability is up there with anyone at the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/man-utd-fans-all-saying-the-same-thing-after-jj-gabriel-training-video-im-betting-the-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel can do remarkable things with a ball<\/a>, and comparisons to Neymar are accurate.<\/p>\n<p>It speaks volumes that already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/what-ruben-amorim-told-jj-gabriel-during-carrington-meeting-man-utd-coaches-struggled-to-find-weakness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amorim has had Gabriel in first-team training<\/a>, as recently as this week, as he is preparing the wonderkid to debut as soon as he is allowed to, which would be next season.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel looks likely to be United\u2019s Max Dowman or Barcelona\u2019s Lamine Yamal; we just have to hope and pray he decides to stay at Carrington for the rewards of his development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s U18 side were in fine form on Saturday morning to beat Liverpool by a whopping seven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,117682,101,56,117683,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-290454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jj-gabriel","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-under-18s","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}