Mary Earps stitched up as Chloe Kelly silences Old Trafford! Winners & Losers from Man City's statement WSL derby win over Man Utd
The England forward was the mastermind of the Red Devils' downfall in a pulsating contest as the Sky Blues leapfrogged their rivals in the table
Sunday was set up to be a huge day for Manchester United. A club record 43,615 fans poured into Old Trafford to watch the women's team take on bitter rivals Manchester City in the Women's Super League and captain Katie Zelem gave the Red Devils the lead with 21 minutes on the clock. It was all going to plan. But the defining image of the latest instalment of this derby will instead be that of England star Chloe Kelly shushing the home crowd as City scored two goals in 79 seconds to turn the game around and paint Manchester blue.
It was the visitors who started the better of the two, with Bunny Shaw and Lauren Hemp in particular testing Mary Earps in the opening stages. United grew into it, though, and they took the lead when Melvine Malard's shot struck the outstretched arm of Lionesses defender Alex Greenwood in the box, with Zelem reliable as ever from the penalty spot.
Marc Skinner's side thought they had doubled that lead not long after, but Geyse was instead denied by the assistant's flag after the ball was ruled to have crossed the line and gone out for a goal-kick before she put it into the back of the net, and then the momentum shifted dramatically thanks to two goals in two minutes.
Kelly got the better of Lisa Naalsund down the left for the equaliser, picking out a well-positioned Jill Roord, who left Earps helpless when she found the bottom corner with deadly accuracy to level things up. Seconds later, it was 2-1, with City winning the ball high up the pitch and Shaw setting up Hemp to beautifully curl a shot into the top corner.
There was a feeling that City needed to
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