Video: United Women ripped to shreds versus Man City to extinguish flickering title ambitions

Manchester United Women were soundly beaten 0-3 by Manchester City at Old Trafford. First half The dangerous Vivianne Miedema set the tone early when her effort drew a smart save from Phallon Tullis-Joyce in the United goal. Simi Awujo had Marc Skinner’s side’s first chance as she drove the ball just wide of the post. The league leaders gave United further warnings when Lauren Hemp struck the crossbar before Miedema headed in City’s opener from a corner. Things got even worse on 19 minutes when Miedema was left alone once again in the box and nodded in Kerstin Casparij’s dinked cross. A shell-shocked home side found it tough to respond, and the scoreline could have been more embarrassing if not for Tullis-Joyce. The American made fine stops from Bunny Shaw and denied Miedema her hat-trick, all before the half-time break. The whistle blew with United needing to do it all to get back into the match. Second half The Red Devils needed an extended period of pressure to see if they could halve the deficit, but they managed to concede a killer blow after just two minutes. Casparij converted from Hemp’s delivery, finishing the cross from the left at the back post to punish a woeful United side. Frenchwoman Melvine Malard came closest to scoring for the Reds with a curled effort that went narrowly wide and a header. With the game gone, Skinner brought on youngster Jess Anderson for her Women’s Super League debut, and Layla Drury was also given some time on the pitch. Gabby George also made her 50th appearance for the Red Devils and made a last-ditch tackle to stop Shaw scoring City’s fourth of the afternoon. The full-time whistle blew, and United now find themselves in third, 11 points behind City at the top. United will need to dust themselves down as they face Bayern Munich on Wednesday night in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, needing to overturn a one-goal deficit in Germany. Phallon Tullis-Joyce stats vs Man City MetricValue Total saves3 Saves from inside box3 Punches0 Runs out (succ.)2 (2) High claims0 Key passes0 Crosses (accurate)0 (0) Accurate passes21/29 (72%) Passes in opposition half (acc.)4/6 (67%) Passes in own half (acc.)17/23 (74%) Long balls (accurate)6/13 (46%) Touches39 Dribbles (successful)0 (0) Was fouled1 Possession lost8 Total carrying distance24.9 m Carries6 Total progression7.7 m Def. contributions0 Tackles (won)0 (0) Interceptions0 Clearances0 Blocked shots0 Recoveries9 Ground duels (won)1 (1) Dribbled past0 Total shots0 Shots on target0 Shots blocked0 Source: Sofascore The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Latest Top Stories… Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.