Man Utd secure Champions League spot at city rivals´ expense

Manchester United secured a Champions League spot astatine the disbursal of their metropolis rivals pursuing a 2-2 gully with Manchester City astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

The constituent puts third-placed United 4 points and 1 spot supra City with conscionable 1 crippled remaining successful the Women’s Super League this season.

City were 2 goals up aft 42 minutes done Laia Aleixandri and Rebecca Knaak, but were pegged backmost earlier half-time done a Grace Clinton header.

United grabbed their equaliser done Melvine Malard successful the 68th minute, with the United substitute slotting past Khiara Keating against the tally of play.

Just 2 minutes later, United were down to 10 aft Aoife Mannion was shown a 2nd yellow, but the hosts held connected to rubber-stamp their spot successful Europe’s apical competition.

WE DID IT! #MUWomen || #UWCL pic.twitter.com/4fhIA3cA6d

— Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) May 4, 2025

Elsewhere, WSL champions Chelsea made it 18 victories from their 21 league games this play and maintained their unbeaten grounds by beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0.

Catarina Macario’s first-half punishment was the lone extremity of the game, with Chelsea’s pb astatine the apical of the array present 12 points.

Everton won 2-0 successful their Merseyside derby against Liverpool acknowledgment to goals from Katja Snoeijs and Karen Holmgaard successful either half.

The Toffees were forced to play the last 8 minutes of the lucifer with 10 players aft goalscorer Holmgaard was sent disconnected for 2 bookable offences.

Aston Villa won 3-2 distant to West Ham United successful an entertaining lucifer that saw 4 goals successful the archetypal half.

With the people 2-2 astatine the break, Chasity Grant netted the victor successful the 2nd fractional to unafraid a effect that puts Villa wrong 3 points of a top-half finish.

FOUR STRAIGHT WINS ic.twitter.com/w4lllPyPXd

— Aston Villa Women (@AVWFCOfficial) May 4, 2025

Already-relegated Crystal Palace earned a 2-2 gully astatine location to second-bottom Leicester City, acknowledgment to a 98th-minute equaliser from Abbie Larkin.

Leicester’s Shannon O’Brien had netted what looked similar it would beryllium a victor conscionable 4 minutes earlier, though the hosts dug successful to gain conscionable their 10th constituent of the season.