This time last week, I was sunning it up in Florida spending my birthday with Mickey Mouse. Now I'm writing this from my Trafford flat while I look out to the balcony being splatted with hail stones. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
06.03.2023 - 14:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United secured their Women’s Super League top spot with a 5-1 win over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon.
Alessia Russo opened the scoring at 15 minutes and netted her third just after the break to cancel out Remy Siesen’s consolation goal for the Foxes. United’s Leah Galton and Lucia Garcia followed suit and got themselves on the scoresheet with fine finishes to seal the three points.
The hat-trick makes Russo the club's leading scorer so far this season with an eight-goal tally in 12 games and manager Marc Skinner praised the striker's performance and continual development: “One of the things we've asked Alessia to do is stay alive more when it comes to kind of pre-thinking to anticipate where the ball might go.
“I think she's done an excellent job of that today [Sunday]. I think her third goal in particular, where everybody else is switched off and she's carried on and kind of finds the moment to finish. We know she has wonderful technical ability, and great hold-up play. And she can score many varied goals head, floor, but today I was really impressed with her staying alert to those opportunities.”
The hosts had 33 shots on target and the majority of possession compared to the visitors' two shots in the entire 90 minutes, Skinner continued: “I found that we played some really good football. I felt that we should take more of the opportunities we created because there are some really good ones in there. That's me being overly critical, of course.
“I’m enjoying the fact that my team are performing with fluidity and composure and enjoyment. I see them enjoying themselves and that for me is always important.
“We don't ever think beyond today because we don't we're not promised that. So what we can do is
This time last week, I was sunning it up in Florida spending my birthday with Mickey Mouse. Now I'm writing this from my Trafford flat while I look out to the balcony being splatted with hail stones. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
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Police have locked down a street in Johnstone after a man was seriously assaulted in the street.
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Manchester United sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a 1-0 win over Real Betis in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
Southampton manager Ruben Selles admitted that he was pleased with his team's performance but he was not happy with the result as the Saints drew against Manchester United.
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Paul Scholes believes Facundo Pellistri has shown why he deserves more minutes on the pitch after yet another exciting cameo on Thursday's win over Real Betis.
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Going in at half-time 1-0 down was perhaps a harsh scoreline for Manchester United, with the half providing big chances for the team particularly in the air, with Bruno Fernandes guiding a diving header just wide, shortly before Casemiro’s headed effort would be ruled out for offside.
King Charles III will reportedly offer Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a suite in Buckingham Palace for the Coronation after their Frogmore Cottage eviction.
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was found injured in a Salford park on February 14.
Councillors have agreed to hike council tax by nearly five per cent at a meeting where one Labour member described his Tory opposition as the ‘Tameside Trump’.
Sunday sees the top and bottom of the Women’s Super League go head to head at Leigh Sports Village as Manchester United host Willie Kirk's struggling Leicester City.
Ahead of Manchester United’s clash with Durham in the Vitality Women’s FA Cup, defender Millie Turner was presented with an accolade as United celebrate their third centurion.