Monday, 1 April 2019

Manchester United’s Zelem hits two in Women’s Championship rout of Spurs

• Tottenham Ladies 1-5 Manchester United Women
• United on course for promotion to Women’s Super League

If “women against girls” was an apt description for the reverse fixture, it is worth rehashing after a full-time Manchester United moved four points clear of part-time Tottenham in the race for the Championship with a 5-1 win against their title rivals, over whom they also have a game in hand.

“Our girls are working full-time, committed three times a week to try and put the effort in, and they’ve come up against a good side,” the Spurs manager, Karen Hills, said. “We knew that we probably weren’t going to be able to match them physically and in fitness levels for 90 minutes. We had a game plan where we were going to hit them on the counter but to concede two goals early doors put our game plan out of the window.”

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