straight to your inbox Manchester City EDS were beaten 2-1 by Blackburn on Friday night after goalkeeper James Trafford was shown a straight red card in injury time.
The young City team started well at Leyland and James McAtee gave them an early lead with a fine run and finish past the keeper from outside the box.
They would hold onto that lead until well into the second half but in the 71st minute a quick free-kick from the sidelines caught the defence off guard and it was nodded down in the box and turned home by Connor McBride.
City were not perturbed by the setback and could have gone ahead again but in the 94th minute Trafford came out of his box to meet a long ball and only succeeded in connecting with the Blackburn forward, earning a.