Liverpool’s U18s suffered a shock 8-3 defeat at home to Blackburn on Saturday, with debuts handed to two Reds youngsters.U18 Premier League | AXA Training CentreSeptember 20, 2025Goals: Forrester 27′, Sonni-Lambie pen 41′ Murray-Holme 87′; Leatherbarrow 10′ 45+4′ 53′, Sergeant 25′, Joseph 49′ 62′, Potter 78′, Lister pen 84′Red card: Ayman 70′Simon Wiles’ side were looking to bounce back after losing 4-3 at home to Newcastle in their last U18 Premier League game, with Josh Abe (15) and Erik Farkas (16) making their Reds bows.But there were even more goals this time, and not in a positive sense!The game only remained goalless until the 10th minute at the AXA Training Centre, with Freddie Leatherbarrow firing the visitors in front.Having twice cleared off the line, Liverpool then found themselves 2-0 down, with Jayden Sergeant going from provider to scorer.From nowhere, though, the Reds found themselves level at 2-2, thanks to La’more Forrester’s strike and Josh Sonni-Lambie’s penalty.But Liverpool’s joy was short-lived and they didn’t manage to go in level at the break, with Leatherbarrow bagging his second goal of the afternoon on the stroke of half-time.Half-time: Liverpool U18s 2-3 Blackburn U18sValentin Joseph made it 4-2 shortly after the restart and Featherbarrow completed his hat-trick, as the game started to get away from Wiles’ young side.Blackburn’s sixth goal of the afternoon came courtesy of Joseph, and when Alvin Ayman was shown a straight red card for reacting to a challenge on him, Liverpool’s day went from bad to woeful.Aaron Potter and Harry Lister added to the Reds’ humiliation, but in fairness, they showed some fight in scoring a consolation through Haydn Murray-Holme’s free-kick.Still, this was not a day that Wiles and his players will want to remember in a hurry, with a big response away to Leeds next Saturday needed.Liverpool sit seventh in the table, with the Whites in fifth place and only a point ahead of the Reds, having played one game more.Liverpool U18s: Misciur; Esdaille, Cisse, Clarke, Ayman; Farkas (Yeguo 60′), Upton (Murray-Holme 55′); Abe (Lonmeni 60′), Sonni-Lambie, Forrester; InglethorpeSubs not used: Bernard, OwenNext match: Leeds (A) – U18 Premier League – Saturday, September 27, 12pm (BST)