Marc Skinner’s side rose to the occasion to continue their unbeaten run at Old Trafford. Rachel Williams' strike topped off the 5-0 win over Aston Villa after Katie Zelem, Leah Galton, Alessia Russo and Ona Batllealso had put the Reds in charge.
United ’s high press was quickly rewarded when captain Zelem followed up a loose ball from Alessia Russo’s header in the 13th minute. Galton doubled their lead by the half-hour mark when Ella Toone slotted the ball into her path, a clinical finish to find the bottom corner from a first-touch shot.
With her second assist, Toone provided the cross for Russo’s clinical finish five minutes into the second half for a 3-0 lead until Batlle extended United’s lead in the 76th minute. Williams netted the fifth in the final minute of play to make it 5-0.
