Match report | Man Utd Women v Everton | 30 March 2025
SECOND HALF – EARLY GOAL EXERTS CONTROL
A slower start, admittedly, by the standards of Skinner’s side this season wasn’t to be repeated after the break. The Reds were straight onto the front foot through the driving Leah Galton, whose inviting cutback from the left flank was swung at and missed by Terland in the centre.
It was a sign of United’s second-half intentions and a chance that the latter wouldn’t prove to rue, as United made it 2-0 with our next attack. Galton was the instigator again, finding a yard of space to fire the ball across the face of the goal, where former Everton midfielder Clinton was on hand to turn it home from close range.
The scoreline was now the same as it finished when teams last met, in November’s League Cup tie, a game which Hayley Ladd started in our midfield. The Wales international has since made the switch between the clubs, joining Everton in January after 110 appearances for the Reds, and her long-serving career in Manchester was appreciated with an ovation around the ground as she was substituted by the visitors in the 54th minute.
Having got on the scoresheet, Ladd’s former midfield counterpart, Clinton, now had her eye in on goal but couldn’t quite keep her next attempt down from close range, scything a shot over after being found on the right side of the 18-yard area by Toone.
