LONDON: Defender Millie Turner scored a 79th-minute winner as Manchester United beat London City Lionesses 2-1 in the Women’s Super League on Sunday.
But United remain eight points behind rival Manchester City, which thumped Leicester City 6-0 on Friday.
With six league games to play, City tops the standings on 42 points with United second on 34, and reigning champion Chelsea a point further back in third, thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win at home to Liverpool.
The day’s entertainment was to be found in Birmingham, and it had a distinctly Scandinavian feel as Norwegians Signe Gaupset, Cathinka Tandberg (twice) and Julie Blakstad all got on the scoresheet for visitors Tottenham Hotspur in a 7-3 thrashing of Aston Villa.
The win moves Spurs up to fifth spot, level with fourth-placed Arsenal on 29 points after the Gunners’ game away to Brighton & Hove Albion was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.
Everton made sure there was no let-up for West Ham United’s woes with a 1-0 win at home over the Londoners to leave the Hammers 10th in the 12-team league on 11 points, one ahead of Liverpool and two ahead of Leicester, with the bottom side facing a relegation playoff at the end of the season. Agencies
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