Manchester United were thumped 3-0 by Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday, as Vivianne Miedema scored a brace, and Kerstin Casparij added a third just after half-time. Marc Skinner’s side were outclassed by their city rivals, who now sit just five points from WSL glory.
Manchester City were all over United from the outset, and had the lead within 17 minutes, as Vivianne Miedema headed home after Lauren Hemp’s deflected strike from range rattled the crossbar and went behind.
And within two minutes, Miedema scored again, as she was left in acres of space in the United box, and headed another effort beyond Phallon Tullis-Joyce.
On 25 minutes, City thought they had a third from a corner through Rebecca Knaak but her header from a corner was ruled out for an alleged foul in the box; Tullis-Joyce had complained about being impeded, but replays did not appear to show an infringement.
After half-time, City did grab their third through Kerstin Casparij, who tapped in at the back post after a fine ball in from Hemp.
United grew into the game somewhat but they could do nothing to lay a glove on their bitter rivals.
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