Manchester United pass Women's Champions League test against Paris Saint-Germain

Manchester United passed their inaugural Champions League test with a draw against Paris Saint Germain on Tuesday night.

PSG’s Tabitha Chawinga met a ball over the top of Millie Turner and Maya Le Tissier, splitting the two centre-halves and tucked the ball neatly into the back of the net before the hour mark. However, Melvine Malard found the reply with 20 minutes left, nudging the ball over the line from a Katie Zelem corner to end United's Champions League debut with a deserved draw.

Marc Skinner took the usual starting XI and upended it to involve Lisa Naalsund, and Jayde Riviere in an attacking role and traded Geyse for Lucia Garcia up top which gave the home side a breath of fresh air, albeit nervy in possession. Mary Earps kept the home side in the game with several strong parries to deny Sandy Baltimore and others as it took the Reds time to warm up to the pressure of the Champions League level.

However, it was United who came the closest either side had to finding the back of the net before the break. Garcia capitalised from PSG’s vulnerability having committed too many white shirts forward, but the Spaniard was clinically denied by ‘keeper Constance Picaud.

United struggled to keep hold of the ball in the opening half and had to fend off continual attacking pressure from the two-time Women’s Champions League finalists. United’s entire back line remained stoic and disciplined, playing text-book play against Chawinga and slowly unhinging her threat element down the left flank.

While the first half looked like the student versus the master at Leigh Sports Village, the home side came out of the break all guns blazing with the arrival of Geyse. The Brazilian star injected life into the hosts forcing PSG to make