Reading looked organised and started off the better side but Manchester United grew into it.

Do the Reds still need some more centre-forward options though?

Ella Toone didn't get too many chances but it was her excellent throughball which set-up Kirsty Hanson.

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Kirsty Hanson's goal is the difference so far. United ended the half the better side too.

Gemma Evans plays a long ball forward for Emma Harries to chase. She tries to touch it on to Natasha Harding but Mary Earps is off her line to gather it in safely.

Katie Zelem has a crack from the edge of the box as the fans urge "shooooooot".

It's a powerful effort and Deanna Cooper takes it straight in the face. Ouch.

Gemma Evans slides in on Kirsty Hanson but the Manchester United forward races past her. She has numbers in the box but can't pick out a team-mate.

Reading are under pressure now.

Katie Zelem sprays it over to Hannah Blundell on the right but Lily Woodham gets a touch on it.

Blundell wins a throw-in and Zelem screams at Kirsty Hanson to take it into the corner. They are running down the clock until half time.

Leah Galton is played in behind... Offside.

Lucy Staniforth looks sharp! She carries it across the box and gets a shot off but it's always rising.

Katie Zelem is shoved off the ball in the middle and Reading push down the right.

Ona Batlle comes across to make an excellent tackle then calmly clears.

Lucy Staniforth is perhaps lucky. She comes in hard on Natasha Harding but only gets a yellow card.

Was she high? It didn't look great.

United are getting closer...

Kirsty Hansen lifts it into the middle and Leah Galton gets her head on it.

It's cleared but only as far as Lucy Staniforth but her shot is blocked. Corner.

Reading have dropped deeper into their own half in the last 10 minutes as United push for an opener.

Hannah Blundell receives it outside the box but has to come all the way back to Aoife Mannion to reset.

She's back up and running. A few United players are sent to warm-up too. It's getting pretty cold at Leigh Sports Village.

Faye Bryson is still feeling the affects of that challenge. She's receiving treatment.

Faye Bryson is on the receiving end of a hefty challenge as United press high on the left.

Ella Toone can't make the most of it.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

The intensity of the game is relentless. Obviously it is the first game but having the fans back has give the teams that extra oomph to get the first goal.

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Lovely stuff from Vilde Boe Risa as she nutmegs a player on the far side and gets a huge cheer from the fans in the stand next to her.

"You can't sit the Barmy Army" the fans are singing.