ACADEMY midfielder Nathan Dyer scored for York City reserves during a 2-1 Central League defeat against Morecambe.

Dyer opened the scoring at Kendal Town Football Club, only for home forward Lamin Sagne to level in the second half, before sub Kaleb Young grabbed a 90th-minute winner.

City fielded three players with first-team experience – Raul Correia, Flynn McNaughton and Clovis Kamdjo.

League Two strugglers Morecambe only included one player, meanwhile, with senior games under his belt – 21-year-old winger Reece Deakin, who has made one substitute appearance in the League Cup this season and a couple of outings in the Football League Trophy.

Aaron Haswell headed over in the very first minute of the contest from a right-wing Josh Berry cross, while Morecambe went close just past the half-hour mark with a well-struck, long-range Deakin attempt that narrowly cleared the crossbar.

Winger Haswell also drove wide from 25 yards, before home striker Kyle Hawley shot wastefully wide after charging clear through the right channel with Ryan Whitley out of his goal.

The Minstermen went on to forge ahead on 25 minutes when Dyer drove into the home box after exchanging passes with McNaugthon and stabbed past Shrimps keeper Niall Maher from ten yards.

Hawley missed an unbelievable chance on the half-hour mark when he steered the ball wide on the goal-line after Leif Davis had combined well with Ezeikel Eme down the left.

A cross by Deakin then saw the hapless Hawley shin off target from ten yards.

An off-balance Jagne also sliced hopelessly wide from the edge of the box and Ben Hedley’s 15-yard attempt was comfortably dealt with by Whitley.

Deakin ended the half by brushing the top of the City netting with a free kick and forcing Whitley into action after more good work by Davis.

After the break, Sagne had two early opportunities, directing a right-wing Nathan Dutton-Kay cross at Whitley, who was guarding his near post and also aiming straight at the City keeper from 12 yards.

It was a case of third time lucky, though, for Sagne on 54 minutes, as the impressive Davis charged past Joe Kemp and Josh Rogerson through the left channel before crossing for the Morecambe striker who curled into Whitley’s bottom corner from ten yards.

After the restart, Correia’s powerful drive was parried away by Maher, while further efforts by Sagne and Hedley only requiring routine saves from Whitley.

For City, sub Aston Harrison’s long-range drive was gathered by Maher, while Young dragged wide with only Whitley to beat and Hedley missed the target from distance.

Harrison also flashed an edge-of-the-box half-volley over and Ellis Jones did the same for Morecambe, while Davis drove wide of the near post following another left-wing raid.

The Shrimps secured victory from the last attack of the game when Young shrugged off the attentions of City midfielder Harry Thompson from a throw-in and drilled a low shot in off Whitley's left-hand post from eight yards. 

City: Whitley, Kemp, Rogerson, Kamdjo (Harrison, 61), Watson, Berry, Dyer, Thompson, Haswell, Correia, McNaughton.