Manchester United have taken the Girls's Tremendous League title struggle all the way in which to the final day of the season after Lucia Garcia scored a stoppage time winner to beat 10-player Manchester Metropolis 2-1 at Leigh Sports activities Village.
The hosts wanted to win or else Chelsea, 2-0 winners over Arsenal earlier within the day, would have clinched the trophy earlier than the ultimate spherical of matches.
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Taking part in like a workforce with their complete season on the road, United fired out of the blocks and have been rapidly rewarded for his or her constructive play when a half-clearance dropped to Hayley Ladd to twist her effort into the highest proper nook.
Regardless of their benefit, or perhaps due to it, the hosts eased off of the throttle to open the sport up and rode their luck when Chloe Kelly may solely cannon Bunny Shaw's blocked effort off of the upright.
Having grown into the sport, Metropolis drew one other sterling block within the field, this time from Hannah Blundell to disclaim Filippa Angeldahl.
Heading into half-time a objective down however effectively within the recreation, Metropolis's possibilities of turning the tide took a meaty blow when Ellie Roebuck got here steaming out of her field and cleared Nikita Parris out, prompting a straight purple card from referee Rebecca Welch.
Simply as she had within the first half, Kelly noticed an effort, albeit a deflected one, bounce off of the woodwork moments earlier than Shaw was denied a transparent penalty when Ladd kicked her boot, relatively than the ball, within the field.
A flurry of probabilities got here the way in which of the hosts, however, identical to final outing, they didn't take these introduced and their title problem appeared doomed when Angeldahl's cross-shot snuck underneath the bar within the 68th minute.
With the three factors essential to each workforce's seasons, the perimeters amped up the stress to go for a winner because the clock ticked down and never lengthy after Metropolis sub Hayley Raso despatched an effort simply huge of Mary Earps' publish, the United gamers that got here off the bench mixed to grab a dramatic stoppage-time winner.
From Blundell's deep cross, Vilde Boe Risa nodded the ball again into the mixer for Garcia to get out of her toes and lash residence, beating 18-year-old Khiara Keating within the Metropolis objective.
The consequence means United nonetheless have an opportunity of claiming the WSL title subsequent week away to Liverpool ought to Chelsea both lose to Studying or if Chelsea draw and United discover greater than 5 unanswered targets.
For Metropolis, the loss retains them in fourth and needing a jaw-dropping win towards Everton subsequent week in addition to an Arsenal loss, if they're to climb into the third European berth.
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