García and Ladd fire Manchester United to top of WSL with win over West Ham

25.03.2023 - 23:07 theguardian.com

A comfortable victory for Manchester United at Old Trafford saw them return to the top of the Barclays WSL. After a closely fought first half, United took control in the second.

A penalty from captain Katie Zelem and goals from Lucia García and Hayley Ladd saw them delight the home crowd who had turned out in their numbers on Women’s Football Weekend.

United returned to league action on the biggest stage of all, the Theatre of Dreams, after the disappointment of losing to Chelsea a fortnight ago.

Despite that, confidence in the squad remained high after Marc Skinner’s side reached their first ever FA Cup semi-final last weekend.

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