Rachel Williams came off the bench to score a late winner for Manchester United and send them to their first Women’s FA Cup final at Brighton’s expense
Manchester United were six years away from having a women’s team when Rachel Williams won the FA Cup in 2012 with Birmingham. She now has the chance of another winner’s medal after settling their thrilling semi-final against Brighton in the final minutes.
It was a dramatic moment fitting of a match that could have gone either way. Considering Manchester United, they would have hoped for a more straightforward day in their busy schedule as they battle to win the double. United are top of the Women’s Super League and Brighton bottom but the Seagulls, under their new manager, Mel Phillips, showed they have a great chance of staying up.
While the Brighton goalkeeper was being kept busy by United four pigeons were feasting on the penalty spot in Mary Earps’s area, a sign of where the action was taking place. But the pigeons and Seagulls did eventually take flight. The opener arrived against the run of play when Brighton’s Veatriki Sarri outsmarted Ona Batlle on the wing, drove into the box and put in a cross.
Galton’s fine work almost immediately produced a second when she dispossessed the centre-back Zoe Morse before dribbling into the box and chipping to Ella Toone, who volleyed inches over the bar. If United had been lacklustre in the first 45 minutes, they were making up for it in the second half.
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