Manchester United came away from Kingsmeadow with only their second loss of this Women’s Super League campaign. Chelsea’s Sam Kerr lobbed Mary Earps early on to grant the Blues the lead with no reply, but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
Manager Marc Skinner went all out in the closing stages of the game to pull back the equaliser. His plan to move Hannah Blundell and Ona Batlle into the midfield left Aoife Mannion, Millie Turner and Maya Le Tissier holding the fort in a back three.
Batlle’s Spanish link-up with Lucia Garcia can be frightening and offered yet another threat down the right flank in stoppage time when she came on for Hayley Ladd to supply the Reds with another attacking option.
