It was hardly thrilling and it was not the entertaining opening to life in the Women’s Champions League that Manchester United might have hoped for but, more important than that, the English side got up and running with three points as they beat Vålerenga in a low-key affair in Leigh.
Maya Le Tissier’s penalty kick was enough to beat the Norwegian side on the club’s debut in the league phase on a night that will enter United’s history books but will not live long in the memory for drama or excitement.
