Manchester United unearth rising academy star for Ruben Amorim during FA Youth Cup thriller

David Moyes approached Darren Fletcher in the Goodison Park tunnel last weekend and asked how his two boys were doing in the academy. Moyes would have found out the answer for himself if he tuned in to watch Manchester United's game in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final on Friday.

Jack Fletcher and Tyler Fletcher are twins and both started against Arsenal at the Emirates. The Under-18s were without Chido Obi, who was kept behind to feature in the first-team squad on Sunday, and it looked like a mistake to leave him at home until Jack Fletcher opened the scoring.

United missed a handful of chances before Jack Fletcher's superb breakthrough and they would have been ahead earlier if Obi had started having spurned chances. But that roll of the dice looked to be vindicated when Fletcher found the net in the first half. He fashioned a yard of space, cut inside from the left and finished beautifully into the top right corner, much to the disdain of the Arsenal supporters, who booed his celebration.

Arsenal made plans for 10,000 fans to attend the game. There was a much smaller number on the night, but it included a pocket of United fans who made the trip and they made impressive noise from the first whistle to the last, giving their support to the U18s and mocking Arsenal about Robin van Persie.

They enjoyed Fletcher's goal and rightly so. It was the kind of strike that would be produced by Premier League players at the Emirates and it's not the first time the 17-year-old has scored a peach.

Earlier in the season, he scored a volley from around 35 yards that dipped under the crossbar against Barnsley, and his inclusion in first-team training sessions has been deserved.

The U18s easily brushed aside Coventry City, Preston North End