Manchester United vs Tottenham LIVE: Women’s FA Cup final reaction after Garcia double inspires Reds win
Manchester United 4-0 Tottenham: Ella Toone lit up Wembley with a stunning strike before goals from Rachel Williams and a double from Lucia Garcia
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United have stormed their way to a maiden Women’s FA Cup victory, with a dominant 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
It took until the stroke of half time for the breakthrough to happen, after an even start to the match. Ella Toone scored a stunning individual curled effort into the top corner, to steer her side into a position they never let go of.
In the second half, United picked up where they left off, with Rachel Williams’ header adding a second, before a catastrophic howler from Rebecca Spencer, who played the ball straight into the path of Lucia Garcia, allowing the United player to add a quickfire third.
From that point, the result was never in doubt, and Garcia added a late fourth to secure the title for Marc Skinner’s side
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15’ Spurs have their best chance of the match at the other end, when Vinberg had a header that looped over the bar, although more concerningly for United, she was in a completely unmarked position at the far post.
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13’ Manchester United have been awarded a corner right in front of the Tottenham fans, to their displeasure, but it was the right decision by the referee, and the ball finds Williams, who has another free header, this one also misses the target, and skewed wide.
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9’ Vinberg makes a promising run down the leg but can’t quite find the arriving forward in the centre, and the ball goes behind for a goal kick. Tottenham are definitely trying to attack United’s right hand side so far in the match.
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8’ Since the early exchanges of pace, the game has calmed down slightly, with more of the match happening in the middle of the pitch, as Tottenham try a long ball that is too far ahead of captain Bethany England.
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4’ Both players are up and ready to continue, and Rachel Williams heads over from the following Manchester United corner.
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3’ There’s action almost immediatley at the other end as Manchester United break forward, Galton was played in behind the backline, goalkeeper Rebeccca Spencer rushed off her line to make the save, but both players are now down receiving treatment after the incident.
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2’ Tottenham have had their first shot and United might be a bit worried about how much space Matilda Vinberg had to cut inside and shoot from just outside the area, although the ball sailed over the bar.
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1’ But there’s a stoppage almost immediately with Martha Thomas down. She is back up on her feet despite holding her head and the match will continue.
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1’ Lisa Naalsund kicks the game underway for Manchester United.
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