Our Under-18s sealed their progression to the Fourth Round of the FA Youth Cup with a thrilling 3-2 victory away to Brentford on Tuesday evening.

The United youngsters will now host Manchester City in the next round after overcoming the Bees in a five-goal contest.

This season’s top goalscorer for the U18s, young striker Mallik Wilks, opened the scoring at Griffin Park on what would prove to be a memorable 17th birthday for the forward.

Wilks’ deflected effort after just 20 minutes looped over the Brentford goalkeeper to give Leeds a slender advantage which they were able to take into the interval.

But the hosts managed to hit back shortly after the restart, Kyjuon Marsh-Brown firing home an equaliser after turning on the edge of the area.

Henry Rollinson fired the United youngsters back into the lead from range with just under 20 minutes remaining on the clock, but Brentford soon pulled level as Zach Birse found the net following a corner.

However, within a matter of seconds of conceding, Leeds went up the other end and substitute Tyla Bell grabbed what proved to be the winner after meeting Matty Downing’s low cross inside the area.

Under-18s team vs Brentford: Richardson, Croft, Vann, Taylor, Downing, Nicell (Shackleton 90), Rollinson, Vieira, Pearce, Wilks, Knight (Bell). Subs not used: Huffer, Hill, Turnbull.