A stoppage time goal saw Town's U21 side fall to a 2-1 defeat at home to Hull City on Monday evening. Larsen Touré put the Blues ahead in the first half but a penalty from Greg Luer and Jarrod Bowen's late strike, either side of Josh Yorwerth's red card, gave the visitors the win.

Touré, Jonny Parr, Piotr Malarczyk and recently signed striker James Alabi all started for Town, alongside first-year scholar Andre Dozzell who spent last week with the England U17s.

The first chance of the game fell to Parr following Myles Kenlock's low cross from the left, but the Norwegian's effort was blocked.

Yorwerth did well to dispossess Luer on the edge of the box after some good build-up play involving Johan Ter Horst, shortly before Touré opened the scoring on the half hour.

Kundai Benyu provided a fine corner from the left side and Touré powered an unchallenged header past keeper Rory Watson from six yards out.

The Guinean international nearly turned provider seven minutes later when his curling cross came within inches of finding Shane McLoughlin, but the Irish U18 international couldn't quite stretch far enough to make contact with the ball.

The impressive Alabi caused the visitors defence further problems moments before the interval when a typically bustling run led to the ball finding Benyu on the right. His dangerous cross was diverted over the bar by Will Aimson, and Benyu's corner was then headed inches wide by Yorwerth.

Hull started the second period well and Conor Townsend stung Michael Crowe's palms with a fierce freekick struck from the edge of the Town box.

Matthew Dixon curled an effort narrowly over Crowe's bar as the hour mark approached, while at the other end Alabi nearly capitalised on a defensive lapse but his looping effort dropped wide of Watson's post.

The Yorkshire side got back on level terms with six minutes remaining. Sub Ben Hinchcliffe's cross was met by Bowen at the back post and his goalbound shot was instinctively blocked by the arm of Yorwerth, who was subsequently dismissed. Luer sent Crowe the wrong way with a good penalty into the bottom left-hand corner.

Despite Mark Kennedy reinforcing his depleted backline, the visitors scored a winner in stoppage time when Ter Horst's cross from the left was exquisitely volleyed home by Bowen from 12 yards.

A draw would probably have been a fair result with the Blues on top during the first half, and Hull having the better of the second period.

Kenlock impressed at left-back and until his red card Yorwerth had been having a solid game at centre-half alongside the comfortable Malarczyk.

Parr will have been pleased to get 90 minutes in, while Alabi's strength and desire up front will surely have impressed the watching Mick McCarthy and Terry Connor.

U21s: Crowe, Parr, Kenlock, Dozzell, Malarczyk, Yorwerth, Toure (Ford 77), Benyu, Alabi, McLoughlin (Ramadan 55 (Robinson 86)), Henshall. Unused: Wright, Maynard.

Hull: Watson, Clackstone, Townsend, Dixon, Aimson, Clappison, Annan (Hinchcliffe 58), Clark, Luer, Ter Horst, Bowen. Unused: Saltmer, Olley, Rodgers, Barkworth.

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Gates2Reuser added 22:18 - Sep 7 There was a big difference after Toure went off. Thought that Dozzell had a good game, with a fine range of passes and looks comfortable on the ball. Has Parr always been that much of a unit? Looked massive!
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Shrimpynator added 22:31 - Sep 7 Great game from all starting players. Agree that Toure off for Ramadan changed the game, I think Ramadan is too lightweight in comparison. On balance, no way we deserved to lose; Henshall, Kenlock and Dozzell combining a few times to very good effect. imo, if Henshall had a right foot, he would be a very promising player, who could be pushing for LM when Fraser return to the south coast, however extremely 1 footed atm, only one time I remember he used his right foot to hit the ball more than a metre.

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runningout added 23:22 - Sep 7 U21 results have been a bit concerning for too long... are we lacking motivation?
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BrettenhamBlue added 11:03 - Sep 8 A few of our U18's have been moved into our U21 team. Will take time to adjust that's all. loads of positives from the youngsters performances. dozzell looks good, kenlock and parr look impressive. Alabi is a handful. Though Cathline didn't play, looked fantastic in his last game. And McDonnell is a different class entirely. Good news for our future.
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runningout added 13:05 - Sep 8 the same is being done by the opposition and we got beat, so I'm not going digging for something positive... Coaches need to swap around or get their act together
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Surco72 added 13:31 - Sep 8 How did the new polish defender get on ?
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titanicclown added 13:33 - Sep 8 Despite the result some impressive performances. Dozzell oozes class just like his dad. Id say his game is good enough now but he just needs to grow. Alibi is a beast and Hull couldnt handle him while Maralcyck never broke sweat - hes got a bit of Mertasacke about him!
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