Manchester United Women fell to a penalty shootout defeat against Aston Villa in their first fixture of this season's League Cup.
Marc Skinner decided to make plenty of changes to his side for the trip to the West Midlands to face the newly-promoted WSL side. Nine fresh faces were named in the starting line-up and one of those new faces popped up with the opener.
Summer signing Nikita Parris gave Skinner's side the lead in the 16th minute with an effort from outside the box. Despite holding the lead going into half-time, United were pegged back with less than 20 minutes remaining as Rachel Daly headed Villa level from a Kenza Dali free-kick.
