Smooth Start

HERE is my round-one game from Saturday.
Spanton (1840/170) - Ethan B Li (1522/141)
79th Hampstead U2200
Pirc Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7
By no means Black's most-popular choice, but it has been played by Emanuel Lasker, Pirc, Simagin, Robatsch, Tigran V Petrosian, Nunn, Svidler and many other strong players.
7.e5 Ne8
Some masters have played 7...dxe5 8.dxe5 Ng4, but it looks problematic after 9.e6!?
8.Bf4 e6?!
The mainline move seems to be 8...c6, when Stockfish10 and Komodo10 like the obscure 9.Qc1!?
9.Qd2 d5 10.Rfe1 f6
This is the engines' choice.
On 10...c5, the engines give 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qe3 with a large advantage for White.
11.exf6 Ndxf6
Probably best - it keeps c7 well-defended and gives e6 a defender. However, Black's position gives the impression of a French Defence gone wrong.
12.Ng5 Nd6 13.Rad1 b6 14.Bb5

How should Black proceed?

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14...Qe7?
14...Nxb5 15.Nxb5 h6! 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Qe3 Bd7 is good for White, but Black is still in the game as 18.Nxc7? g5 19.Nxa8 gxf4 and ...Qxa8 favours Black.
15.Bc6 Rb8 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Kh8
17...Rf6 can be met by 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Rxe6 Rxe6 20.Re1.
18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxe6 Qd8 20.c3 Nf5 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Bxf6+ Qxf6 23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Re5
Black is two pawns down and with the more-exposed king (1-0, 48 moves).