{"id":290832,"date":"2025-11-30T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290832\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:06:12","slug":"man-utds-new-chido-obi-scores-minutes-into-his-first-game-of-the-season-after-18-weeks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290832\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd&#8217;s new Chido Obi scores minutes into his first game of the season after 18 weeks out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s U18 side absolutely thrashed Liverpool on Saturday, with one goalscorer hitting the ground running after a long injury.<\/p>\n<p>After a tough few games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> were back on form this weekend against Liverpool, and it was a performance worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p><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 beat Liverpool 7-0<\/a> in an 11 am kick off at the Liverpool academy ground, and it was JJ Gabriel who stole all the headlines, scoring three of the seven in a magnificent outing to take his season tally to 10.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/man-utd-have-another-kobbie-mainoo-in-the-academy-he-showed-one-big-quality-in-7-0-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay McEvoy was another really impressive performer for United<\/a>, while the game also saw the return of a talent who wasted no time getting back among the 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-2249016799-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Louie Bradbury races through on goal for Manchester United U18.\" class=\"wp-image-312847\" \/>Photo by Poppy Townson \u2013 MUFC\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesLouie Bradbury makes return for Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>United were already 3-0 up when Louie Bradbury finally made his return from injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/man-utds-next-chido-obi-just-scored-another-hat-trick-for-the-academy-hes-unstoppable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradbury has been likened to Chido Obi<\/a>, and he proved why as he scored merely minutes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/darren-fletcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Fletcher<\/a> opted to bring him off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>         Does Ruben Amorim need to improve his use of the academy?\u2b50\ufe0f     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247748745-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim in Manchester United attire during loss to Everton.\" class=\"wp-image-311399\" \/>Photo by Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images      <\/p>\n<p>Bradbury scored a true striker\u2019s goal as he capitalised on a corner which ended in a goalmouth scramble before he poked it home, showing his poacher\u2019s instinct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/man-utd-16-year-old-sensation-with-41-goals-last-season-starts-2025-26-on-fire-he-cant-stop-scoring\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradbury scored 41 times last season<\/a>, and now that he is back fit and firing, he will want to begin reminding fans why he was so highly regarded prior to this season.<\/p>\n<p>Louie Bradbury sends message to Manchester United fans after goal<\/p>\n<p>It was clearly a moment that meant a lot to Bradbury, evidenced by him and Godwill Kukonki arguing over who got the final touch.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after the game, Bradbury took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRpVk1kDCCf\/?igsh=MWVwZW5sb21yOTZpdQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, sending a message to supporters which also shows his relief to be back after 18 weeks on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c18 weeks out, Back with a bang\u201d, Bradbury wrote, with a sunglasses emoji.<\/p>\n<p>In the comments, his teammates were thrilled for him. Amir Ibragimov commented \u201cbagsman\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jayden Ngwashi added two pistol emojis to indicate Bradbury is lethal in front of the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Bradbury can kick on and make himself the number nine that the U18s have needed.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s U18 side absolutely thrashed Liverpool on Saturday, with one goalscorer hitting the ground running after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,117804,101,56,117683,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-290832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-louie-bradbury","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\/290832","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=290832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}