"Arsenal were defeated 2-1 by Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara in the final of the Premier Cup, played on the Old Trafford pitch on Friday.

The Under15s tournament has been taking place at the Reds' Carrington training ground this week. United's team lost in the first round after defeat to Sao Paulo. The final took place at Old Trafford after the first-team had entertained around 4,000 fans for the annual open training session.

The crowd was made up largely of young United supporters, but their awareness of the team's rivalries is already clear. The Arsenal players came out and applauded the supporters, but were met with a chorus of boos and chants of "United, United".

But the annual tournament, which has helped nurture talents like Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres in recent years, is played in the right spirit, so there was applause when Herschel Watt put the Gunners in front after 9 minutes with a fine left-footed strike from a tight angle.

But the technically gifted Mexicans were soon level when Gabriel Gutierrez levelled after 20 minutes. Gutierrez then turned provider with a superb pass across the face of goal for Eder Hernandez to tap in the winner. Sir Alex Ferguson presented the trophy to the winners."


Note that Arsenal (U15's) reached the final whereas Man U went out in the first round! A bit like the Campions League in fact! So everything seems to point to us having the best youngsters!