Man Utd Women Secure Victory Over Liverpool in Eight-Goal Thriller

Man Utd Women Secure Victory Over Liverpool in Eight Goal Thriller
Manchester United team photo before the subway cup match with Liverpool at St Helens Stadium Photo by Clare Overfield SPP

Man Utd Women secured their third straight win in the Subway Players Cup Group Stage with a 5-3 victory away to Liverpool.

Burnley 0-2 Aston Villa
Durham 0-5 Birmingham City
Everton 2-0 Newcastle United
Liverpool 3-5 Manchester United (Att: 2,388)
Southampton 3-2 Crystal Palace
West Ham United 1-2 London City Lionesses
Charlton Athletic 2-0 Bristol City

Lea Schüller opened the scoring for Manchester United away to Liverpool, and Mared Griffiths bagged a three-minute brace close to half-time.

Monica Jusu Bah’s powerful run and strike further extended the lead, and although Liverpool’s Cornelia Kapocs hit back with a stunning 12-minute treble, Maya Le Tissier had made it 5-1 for United.

BWSL2 side Southampton fought back to beat top-flight Crystal Palace 3-2, with the scoring over by the break.

Freya Jupp scored for for the Saints in between a brace from Annabel Blanchard, which included a penalty.

Ellie Brazil and Megan Collett then replied for the hosts to turn the match round

Charlton Athletic struck twice in the latter stages to defeat 10-player Bristol City.

The visitors had Neeve McDonald dismissed after 56 minutes, and the Addicks made the numerical advantage count with goals from Emily van Egmond and Liz Waldie in the last quarter of an hour.

Everton left it late to claim all three points against Newcastle United.

Ornella Vignola bagged a brace in the last 10 minutes, as the Toffees made it two wins from two.

London City saw off West Ham to make it nine points from their three matches so far.

West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi cancelled out the opener from Nicole Anyomi, but Izzy Goodwin restored the Lionesses’ advantage with what proved to be the decider in first-half added time.

Birmingham City got off the mark at the third attempt, scoring five goals away from home.

City took a 2-0 interval lead at Durham as Veatrikki Sarri and Wilma Leidhammar scored in a five-minute spell.

They made sure of the win with three late goals as Sarri got her second, while Chelsea Cornet and Lily Crosthwaite also found the net.

Aston Villa made it three straight wins with a goal in either half at Burnley.

Georgia Mullet scored just five minutes in and Lily Murphy added a second before the hour mark.

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