Manchester United Women lost 3-0 to rivals Manchester City in the Women’s Super League at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
Marc Skinner’s side have now lost back-to-back home games. They suffered a 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in Wednesday’s Women’s Champions League quarter-final first leg.
United nearly conceded inside 40 seconds when they failed to clear their lines. The ball fell kindly to Vivianne Miedema, whose close-range shot was saved by Phallon Tullis-Joyce.
Another defensive lapse led to another City chance, with Miedema threading a pass to Aoba Fujino, but the latter dragged her effort wide.
City were rewarded for their bright start as they broke the deadlock in the 16th minute, with Miedema glancing a header past Tullis-Joyce from a corner.
Shortly after, Miedema doubled the visitors’ lead, producing another brilliant header to nod Aoba Fujino’s into the net, compounding United’s woes.
Rebecca Knaak thought she had added to City’s tally from a corner, but her effort was ruled out for a foul.
Shortly after the restart, Kerstin Casparij added a third for the Cityzens, putting the ball into an empty net at the far post.
City nearly got a fourth when Yui Hasegawa dragged an effort wide following a brilliant team move.
United’s first genuine opportunity came after the hour mark, when Melvine Malard cut inside, but could only curl her effort wide.
Shaw squandered a golden chance to get on the scoresheet late on, failing to hit the target from a promising position.
With the defeat, United could end the weekend outside the Champions League qualification places if third-placed Chelsea beat Aston Villa on Sunday.