Elisabeth Terland has now scored four goals in her last three games against Leicester
Elisabeth Terland and Celin Bizet scored as unbeaten Manchester United overcame Leicester City to earn their first victory in four Women's Super League games.
Following three successive draws, United returned to winning ways as Terland scored deep into first-half added time.
And nine minutes before the end, Norwegian Bizet capitalised on a CJ Bott mistake to slot home her first United goal after joining from Tottenham in the summer.
Leicester failed to net again, and are the WSL's lowest scorers with just two goals in eight games. Amandine Miquel's side are now only outside the relegation place on goal difference.
United initially struggled to break down a disciplined home side that had conceded just six goals in their first seven WSL games.
They were without the injured Ella Toone, who missed the match following 96 successive league starts for United.
But it was Geyse, her replacement in the starting XI, who provided the spark the side needed in the final seconds before half-time.
Lively down the right all afternoon, the Brazilian winger looped a perfect cross on to the head of Terland to steer back across keeper Janina Leitzig and into the far corner for her fourth goal in three games against Leicester.
Fifth-placed United should have made the game safe in the second half when Terland acrobatically volleyed a Geyse cross wide, and Dominique Janssen was denied one on one by Leitzig.
But the success was sealed when defender Bott miscontrolled the ball, allowing Bizet to nip in and slot under the Leicester keeper.
United's win moved them six points behind WSL leaders Chelsea, who they visit next Sunday.
- Published34 minutes ago
Cain howler highlights goal-shy Leicester's problems
Celin Bizet scored her first Manchester United goal after joining from Tottenham in the summer
Despite their unbeaten start this term and FA Cup triumph last season, United manager Marc Skinner is not a universally popular figure among supporters.
He was booed by the noisy 'Skinner Out' brigade after a dire performance in drawing 0-0 with Aston Villa last Sunday, and he needed a positive showing from his side in Leicester to answer the doubters.
Skinner got it here with a comfortable win, while United were much more vibrant in attack. After only taking five shots against Villa, they tripled that number here by the hour mark.
But United also needed a helping hand from Leicester forward Hannah Cain, who was guilty of one of the worst misses of the season in the 38th minute.
Having led an attack, she laid off the ball to Nicole Momiki who wriggled free in the box. United's defence recovered well, but the ball went straight back to Cain who fired wide when free and only a couple of yards out.
Most Leicester fans celebrated, thinking the ball was in the back of the net for only their third league strike of the campaign.
But goals remain hard to come by for Miquel's side, and that is the primary reason why Leicester stay stuck in the mire of the WSL's bottom half.
Since the beginning of last season, Leicester have failed to score in 14 WSL games, with 13 of those blanks in 2024 alone.
Player of the match
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
