Terland wins Women’s Goal of the Month

Manchester United striker Elisabeth Terland has won our Women’s Goal of the Month award for October.

The Norway international, who signed for the club in the summer, opened her account with a brilliant brace against Tottenham Hotspur in our second game of the month.

Both of those goals – along with the rest of our October strikes – were shortlisted for the award, but it was Terland’s first v Spurs that was favoured by fans voting on ManUtd.com and in the United app.

The goal, which earned a majority 24 per cent of all selections, was quite the way for the childhood United fan to get off the mark for the Reds and came at an important time in the contest with the Londoners.

With the score 0-0 on the stroke of half-time at Leigh Sports Village, Maya Le Tissier sprayed the ball out to Celin Bizet on our right wing.

After taking a touch to lead it into her path, Celin fired over a perfectly flighted cross that was venomously volleyed in off the crossbar by Terland.

The first-time effort, from the centre of the penalty area, left goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer with little chance of saving it and was an emphatic way to break the deadlock.

It proved to be a turning point too, as Elisabeth scored again in first-half stoppage time, with the Reds going on to win the game 3-0.

Speaking to MUTV after the victory, ‘Teri’ highlighted the quality of the delivery from Bizet and made the finish sound simple – although, its impressive nature showed it was anything but! 

“I’m a striker, I like to get crosses and get served in the box,” she said. “When you get crosses like that, it’s an easy job for me to finish. So, that was great.”

In the final vote standings, Melvine Malard’s opener against Liverpool – a hooked finish through a crowd of bodies – polled second (17%) behind Terland’s award-winner, while Rachel Williams’s composed effort later in that 2-0 win over the Merseysiders came third (11%). 

Thank you to everyone who voted and congratulations to Elisabeth.

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