Manchester United and Manchester City played in a back-and-forth affair with the game ending in a two-two draw. Manchester City women took a one-nil lead in the first half but the Man Utd gained parity by scoring two goals compared to one by City. Manchester City played with a ten-player lineup for the last 60 minutes or so.
At the thirty-five-minute mark, Georgia Stanway got sent off reducing City to a ten-player lineup. Then just after three minutes mark, Demi Stokes performed a cross and Khadija Shaw nailed a header off her pass. Then at the seventy-two-minute mark, United drew level with a six-yard goal by Lucy Staniforth off a pass from Ella Toone, leveling the match.
Then the United women grabbed one more goal courtesy of Allenia Russo, who netted one from the center of the box with Hannah Blundell making the assist. However, City had the answer as Ellen White bagged a goal from close range. Thus, both teams nailed three goals from the 72-79 minute mark. With the draw, United is seated at number three while City is at the ninth place in the table.
