Emyr Huws grabbed a late leveller as the Blues’ U23s drew 1-1 with Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road this morning.
The Welsh international, playing his third U23s game this month as he continues his comeback from his knee injury, headed in an Andre Dozzell cross from the right in the 85th minute.
Dozzell had hit the post with a freekick just before half-time as Town looked to equalise Oli Finney’s 41st-minute opener for the Railwaymen.
In addition to Huws, who had previously only been given the first halves of the behind-closed-doors friendly with Cambridge and Monday’s 8-0 hammering of Hull, and Dozzell, Danny Rowe, Teddy Bishop and Luke Woolfenden, back after his knee injury more quickly than had been expected, also all played the full 90 minutes.
U23s: Wright, Emmanuel, Clements (c), Huws, Woolfenden, Ndaba, Rowe, Bishop, Morris, Dozzell, Lankester. Subs: Crowe, Ware, Folami, McLoughlin, McKendry.