The tables have turned. When Manchester United step out at the Academy Stadium on Sunday they will do so with a five-point advantage over Manchester City. Aided by an injury crisis that has strangled the first third of City’s season, United are nine games away from finishing above them for the first time in their short history. With the gap closing, the relatively new rivalry is intensifying.
For the United forward Leah Galton there is nothing quite like the derby. “It’s probably one of the best feelings,” she says. “It gives the game a bit more hunger and bite, you just want to put that extra challenge in and to go that extra mile.”
