U18s: Aston Villa 1-4 Norwich City

Aston Villa suffered a 4-1 defeat to Norwich City at Bodymoor Heath in the Under-18 Premier League South on Saturday.

The Young Lions opened the scoring after just five minutes courtesy of January arrival George Hemmings, however the Canaries turned the game around to hold a 2-1 advantage at the break thanks to Errol Mundle-Smith and La'Sean Sealey.

And the visitors struck twice within four second-half minutes, Miles Bracking and Toby Chilvers on target, as they inflicted a fifth successive defeat on Villa in all competitions.

The hosts took an early lead as Vinnie Hayward's deep corner found January arrival Hemmings at the far post and he powered past City goalkeeper Caleb Ansen.

Bradley Burrows was denied by a super save from Ansen before also hitting a post, but it was the visitors who struck twice to lead at the interval.

Mundle-Smith poked home from close range having been found by Uriah Djedje, before Sealey followed up to convert a rebound after his initial effort had been saved by Alex Hammond.

The Villans pushed to get back into the encounter after the restart but they were undone by two quickfire strikes from City.

Bracking pounced on a defensive mistake to convert from the edge of the penalty area in the 68th minute, before Chilvers applied a well-taken finish to Mundle-Smith's low cross shortly afterwards.