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October 22, 2019 | Empowerment

Manchester City Women vs Manchester United Women FA WSL 3:00pm Saturday 7th September Etihad Stadium Caroline Weir’s magnificent strike sealed a historic derby success for Manchester City of 31,213 in front of a listing Women’s Super League audience at the Etihad Stadium. Weir’s left-footed shot from outside the box but only after Manchester United, that commanded the first half for extended periods, came close. City goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck saved to refuse Jane Ross before the break, then was fortunate to find a late night Jackie Groenen effort rebound back off the base of a post and to her arms. Featuring after cruising last season, Casey Stoney’s side failed to indicate that they can be a force this season. Having survived an early scare when’keeper Mary Earps struggled to clear a loose back-pass, the traffic – cheered on with a contingent at a crowd which dwarfed 5,265’s preceding WSL list in Brighton last season – rose to the challenge. A superb prevented Ross out of opening the scoring at the 22nd minute if she got at the end of a cross from Leah Galton. City defender Gemma Bonner made a vital interception to deny Ross another shooting opportunity Ross and Groenen neglected to squeeze the ball on the line from another Galton cross. The City side, intent on wresting the WSL name back from Arsenal of nick Cushing, appeared sluggish and short before dawn in the period, when Janine Beckie and Weir possibly carved out half-chances. Nevertheless, it was a different story after the break as City started to control and they grabbed the lead after Weir let fly with a rising shot from outside the box. Beckie fired on the bar then overlooked a opportunity after racing over half the period of the pitch at a lightning counter-attack, simply to miscue her effort from the edge of the region. As City dominated the half hour pinning the visitors back inside their own 24, stoney’s side seemed to visibly wilt. Their advantage almost doubled when the remarkable Beckie played a in Tessa Wullaert screwed a rising shot over the bar from a tight angle also the box. But there was time for United to come agonisingly close to snatching a stage when Groenen was found unmarked in the City box. Because she attempted her shot despite stumbling, the Dutch striker trickled an effort which beat against Roebuck but rebounded off the foot of a post and straight back to the relieved’keeper’s arms. Read more: betting nfl

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