HIS dad may be looking to put a dent in Liverpool’s title charge this weekend, but Tom Ince helped the Anfield’s club youth side through to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup last night.
The 16-year-old forward, son of former Liverpool captain and Blackburn manager Paul, struck a spectacular opener, with Finnish striker Lauri Dalla Valle also on target in a 2-1 third-round win over Leeds United at Elland Road last night.
Victory means Hugh McAuley’s side now go into their final two matches in the Premier Academy League before the Christmas break safe in the knowledge they will have a fourth round tie to look forward to in January.
Liverpool, back-to-back winners of the prestigious youth tournament in 2006 and 2007, started brightly and dominated for much of the match.
Despite creating numerous openings they were level midway through the second half, before eventually winning through.
They could easily have been ahead in the opening minutes. Ince, who has been in fine form down the left wing in the league this season but was partnering Dalla Valle up front, just failed to connect with David Amoo’s flick.
From then on it was all Liverpool but Leeds defended well.
