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MapElisabeth Terland Scores Late As Manchester United Draw Manchester City 1-1
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Elisabeth Terland netted a late equaliser to earn United a 1-1 derby draw. Bunny Shaw gave City a second-half lead before Terland's strike leveled.
United halt City’s run
Manchester United’s women ended Manchester City’s 100% start in the Women’s Super League with a 1-1 draw in the Manchester derby at Leigh Sports Village, after Elisabeth Terland fired in a late equaliser. Eva Olid said, "I think it was one of our best performances in general, in terms of the fight and hard work and how we were pressing," as United extended their unbeaten streak to eight matches in all competitions. United were without a win and low on confidence after their opening three WSL games and had suffered a 5-0 drubbing at Chelsea.
Manchester City’s side had looked set to take all three points when Bunny Shaw scored in the second half at Progress With Unity Stadium, but Terland struck at the death to level the match. The draw kept City second in the table, only behind Chelsea on goal difference, after Sonia Bompastor’s team leapfrogged the Blues following a 3-1 success at Crystal Palace earlier in the day.
Olid and Jeglertz react
Eva Olid insisted her team had "deserved to win" after her side fought back to secure the point, and she framed the turnaround as the product of a "transitional period" and hard work to change what was not working.
Andrée Jeglertz stayed calm in her post-match message, saying, "Nothing has changed. We are absolutely on the right track, in everything we are doing."
Khadija "Bunny" Shaw’s second-half strike looked to have settled the game, but Terland’s late finish ended City’s winning start.
The draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium was a catalyst for change.
United climbed to fourth in the table, while City dropped to second behind Chelsea on goal difference.
Shaw’s milestone and next
Bunny Shaw marked the 1-1 draw with United by making her 100th WSL appearance, and Manchester City FC said she arrived with 91 goals in those 100 games. Shaw became the first player to score in their first seven starts to a WSL season, and she remained the leading goalscoring in Manchester derbies in the Women’s Super League with five times in eight starts. Shaw had been booed by the home fans after exchanging robust challenges with Maya Le Tissier, but she ran across to celebrate in front of City fans.
United now sit fourth in the table after seven matches, and returning to a more familiar defensive structure helped United cause more problems up front too. The Guardian concluded that the late equaliser gave United a lift, with Olid pointing to "just two months and a half working together" as the progression that made the difference.