Manchester City suffered their first loss to United at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday. Filippa Angeldahl thought she had rescued a point for the visitors after United’s Hayley Ladd gave the home side the lead within two minutes.
However, Lucia Garcia nudged the ball beyond Khiara Keating in added time to give United the lead once again as City fought back with ten players.
Ellie Roebuck was sent off just before the break in a last-ditch effort to deny Nikita Parris a run on goal. Gareth Taylor said: “We get the red card which as a coach you never want to see that in the game.
But I'm sure the second half more people would say it was very exciting, but I’d say it was a bit harsh if I'm honest. “When I first saw it, I thought well it wasn’t high, the way Nikita rolled, I'm not having a go at her, but she was caught on the foot and it felt really harsh.
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