Skip to content
Bramble

Sport

Manchester City and Manchester United draw 1-1 in WSL derby

Elisabeth Terland's 89th-minute equaliser earned Manchester United a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at Leigh Sports Ground, ending City's perfect start and putting Chelsea top on goal difference.

2 outlets · 1L · 1C · 0R First reported Account updated
Image: ABC News (Australia)
Image: CNA

1 / 2

The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2Manchester United and Manchester City drew 1-1 in a hotly contested Women's Super League derby at the Leigh Sports Ground on Sunday 25 October. Mixed · 2Visiting City took the lead in the 66th minute through Bunny Shaw, who was making her 100th WSL appearance; she brushed off Dominique Janssen's challenge and shot into the far corner, silencing home fans who booed and heckled her throughout. Left · 1ABC News (Australia) adds that Matildas forward Mary Fowler provided the assist, sliding the ball to Shaw.

Mixed · 2United's Norway international Elisabeth Terland equalised in the 89th minute, blasting the ball into the net from a well-worked free kick lofted into the box. Mixed · 2It was the first time reigning champions City had dropped points this season, which let Chelsea, who came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 earlier in the day, go top on goal difference. Mixed · 2Chelsea and City both have 19 points, with London City Lionesses third on 16 and Manchester United fourth on 11.

Mixed · 2Elsewhere, Liverpool's Jana Fernandez Velasco scored deep in stoppage time for a 2-2 home draw with London City, Aston Villa held on to beat Everton 3-2 after leading 3-0, and Charlton Athletic lost 1-0 at Birmingham City to Wilma Leidhammar's 68th-minute goal, their seventh straight defeat, leaving them bottom and without a point.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

Framing
ABC News (Australia) leads with Matildas player Mary Fowler's assist and City's lost perfect start, with an Australian angle on Ellie Carpenter's Chelsea and Emily van Egmond's Charlton.
Emphasis
Australian players (Fowler, Carpenter, van Egmond) and City's unbeaten run ending.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not give the free-kick build-up to United's equaliser.
Charged language
“furious derby draw”
For example
“Mary Fowler provides an assist, but Manchester City lost its 100 per cent winning start to the WSL season in a furious derby draw with Manchester United.” — ABC News (Australia)

Centre1 outlet

Framing
CNA leads with United's late equaliser by Terland denying City top spot, in a straightforward match report with round-up of other results.
Emphasis
United's late comeback and the league table implications.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention Fowler's assist for City's goal.
Charged language
“hotly contested derby”
For example
“Manchester United striker Elisabeth Terland scored a late equaliser to knock visitors Manchester City off top spot” — CNA

Right0 outlets

No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Ask about this story

Loading…