Man City held by Man Utd in entertaining WSL derby

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Manchester City played out a thrilling draw against neighbours and top-three rivals Manchester United at Etihad Stadium in the Women's Super League.

After a positive start from the hosts, their momentum took a knock when Leah Galton skipped past City defender Laia Aleixandri and played a one-two with Ella Toone before driving through the legs of Alex Greenwood in the 27th minute.

City's first-half response was not encouraging for the subdued home crowd and the opening exchanges of the second period did not make for better viewing.

But Laura Coombs' header from Chloe Kelly's cross - which had evaded United defender Millie Turner, who was distracted by the presence of the WSL's top goal scorer Khadija Shaw - drew City level and sparked them and the home crowd into life.

What ensued was an entertaining, end-to-end encounter, with both sides knowing a point - even though it was probably a fair result - would be no good to them if the title race and push for third-place goes down to the wire.

The result means United have still never beaten their city rivals in the WSL.

More to follow.

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Line-ups

Man City Women

Formation 4-3-3

1Roebuck
2Casparij
4Aleixandri
5Greenwood
15Ouahabi
10Castellanos
25Hasegawa
7Coombs
9KellySubstituted forRasoat 85'minutes
21Shaw
11Hemp

Substitutes

3Stokes
6Houghton
8Fowler
12Angeldahl
13Raso
14Morgan
22MacIver
33Kennedy
41Blakstad

Man Utd Women

Formation 4-2-3-1

27Earps
2Batlle
15Le Tissier
21Turner
6Blundell
12Ladd
10Zelem
22ParrisSubstituted forThomasat 72'minutes
7Toone
11Galton
23RussoSubstituted forGarcíaat 84'minutes

Substitutes

3Thorisdóttir
4Moore
8Bøe Risa
9Thomas
17García
20Tounkara
28Williams
32Baggaley
37Staniforth

Referee:Abigail Byrne

Attendance:44,259

Live Text

Match ends, Manchester City Women 1, Manchester United Women 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 1, Manchester United Women 1.
Attempt blocked. Lucía García (Manchester United Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leah Galton.
Foul by Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women).
Martha Thomas (Manchester United Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United Women).
Foul by Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women).
Martha Thomas (Manchester United Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lauren Hemp.
Attempt missed. Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hayley Raso with a cross.
Attempt missed. Leah Galton (Manchester United Women) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Katie Zelem with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United Women. Conceded by Leila Ouahabi.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Hayley Raso replaces Chloe Kelly.
Substitution, Manchester United Women. Lucía García replaces Alessia Russo.
Attempt saved. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Deyna Castellanos with a cross.
Attempt saved. Martha Thomas (Manchester United Women) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leah Galton with a cross.
Attempt saved. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leila Ouahabi with a cross.
Attempt missed. Alessia Russo (Manchester United Women) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ona Batlle with a cross.
Foul by Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women).