13 December 2020

As it happened: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal after Reading 1-2 Manchester United

Check out what happened in the two biggest games of the weekend in the Women’s Super League through our live blog below.

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Reading 1-1 Manchester United

69 min: Not much going on in the field for a couple of minutes so the cameraman has decided to pan to a man with a Manchester United beanie hat on, complemented by an elf outfit.

Great Britain, ladies and gentlemen.

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

70 min: Oooo, think Kirsty Hanson is too honest for her own good here. She bursts into the area and gets the wrong side of Leine. The Reading defender then clearly trips her but Hanson stays on her feet and can’t pick out a United player with her cross.

I’m not saying players should throw themselves to the ground, but maybe throw yourself to the ground? That would have been a penalty, surely.

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

72 min: SUB! Jane Ross coming on for Kirsty Hanson.

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

73 min: Worth noting that Leine, the perpetrator of that Hanson foul/potential foul, is on a booking. That’s the second time she has got away with avoiding a second yellow. She could easily have had three already.

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

76 min: CHANCE! Great opportunity for Reading. Williams clips a free-kick in and it goes all the way through without a touch and finds Cooper at the back post, but she lashes her effort into the side-netting.

Manchester City v Arsenal

Here is the team news for the hosts in our next game today:

Manchester City v Arsenal

And this is how the visitors will line up:

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

79 min: Chance for United now as both sides look for all three points here!

It’s pinball inside the Reading box and Jane Ross is sniffing around trying to get it under control but in the end she can’t get a clean connection and somehow it bounces off a number of shirts and away.

Reading 1-1 Manchester United

80 min: SUBS! Rowe is on for Reading as she replaces Eikeland.

Lucy Staniforth, who only came on in the second half, has also gone off for Katie Zelem. Looks to have suffered an injury, although not sure how she picked it up.

Reading 1-2 Manchester United

82 min: GOAL! Manchester United know how to win and it’s Hayley Ladd who may have just scored the crucial goal!

A corner from Heath is flicked on by Millie Turner and Hayley Ladd is in the perfect spot six yards out, completely unmarked, to nod home what could prove to be the winner!

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