Manchester United staged a late comeback at Leigh Sports Village to draw 3-3 in an end-to-end encounter in the Barclays Women's Super League on Sunday afternoon.
Having withstood pressure from United in the opening 45 minutes, the home side striking the woodwork three times in that spell, we found ourselves two goals to the good at the break after some fine headers from our captain Bethany England – her second in as many games – and Eveliina Summanen on the stroke of half-time.
Then, on the hour mark, we furthered extended our advantage as Martha Thomas netted against her former side – and her second in three games in all competitions – but United were certainly not out of the equation despite the scoreline as two goals in an eight-minute spell brought them right back into the game in the closing stages.
And as they threw everything at us, they grabbed an equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time as substitute Fridolina Rolfo grabbed her second of the game and sent their fans into jubilation, while we were left with a sense of frustration and disappointment after squandering a healthy lead. While the point also sees us match last season's total of 20 in 11 less games.
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