Lucia Garcia and Hannah Blundell scored their first Manchester United goals in the 2-0 Barclays Women's Super League win over West Ham at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.
Spanish forward Garcia netted 12 times for Athletic Bilbao last season and got her Red Devils account up and running with a confident finish early in the second half. Blundell doubled the visitors’ advantage soon after, but West Ham’s Lucy Parker thought she’d set up a grandstand finish.
Her smart volley was ruled offside after a considerable delay and Marc Skinner’s United went on to continue their perfect start to the season. The visitors started like a team determined to continue their fast start to the campaign, last season’s top scorer Alessia Russo seeing her downward header blocked on the line in the sixth minute.
