Jess Anderson
BBC Sport at Leigh Sports Village

Oh dear oh dear.

Just as Manchester City were starting to get a foot hold in this game a huge, huge moment in the game and potentially the title race.

Ellie Roebuck is miles out of her goal and clatters into Nikita Parris. What was she thinking?!

Boos ring around Leigh Sports Village as Roebuck slowly walks off the pitch.

That is a nightmare moment for the visitors.

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Huge moment!

Ella Toone plays a lovely ball in behind the City defence for Nikita Parris to run onto.

Ellie Roebuck comes charging out but Parris wins the race, knocks the ball past the City keeper and is taken out.

Clear red card. City a goal down and a player down before half-time - Chelsea's champagne may have to stay on ice for a while longer.

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Panic inside the United penalty area briefly as Lauren Hemp clips a lovely ball in from the left.

Bunny Shaw can't quite get on the end of it but the ball is allowed to bounce before United scramble it away.

When City do manage to play through the United press, they are getting some joy.

This time they get the ball out to Lauren Hemp but Bunny Shaw can't being the ball under her spell in the area.

City are not helping themselves at times.

First Steph Houghton and then Alex Greenwood give the ball away with loose passes and that allows Nikita Parris to get a shot away inside the box.

Too close to Ellie Roebuck on this occasion.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

A lot better from City.

Hasegawa came really short to receive the ball, leaving a gap for Angeldahl to move into in the midfield.

I think that is what they have been trying to do, create that opening in the middle to get one of their midfielders on the ball.

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Ona Batlle comes forward for United but gets cross all wrong and Ellie Roebuck gratefully claims it.

I assume it was a cross, it was either that or a very ambitious attempt to chip the keeper.

Think Philippe Albert for Newcastle against Manchester United. One for the teenagers there...

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Hasegawa is Man City's playmaker and she hasn't really been in the game much so far.

She was knocked off the ball quite heavily early on, so maybe she has suffered a little knock in confidence too.

Gareth Taylor and Man City will be wanting her to get on the ball more [as the game goes on].

United are making it incredibly tough for City to play out from the back with a very disciplined high press.

The tempo may have dropped a bit after the lightning fast start - it had to, really - but the hosts are still putting City under pressure in possession.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I think it is to be expected [a drop off after a fast start].

As a manager you'll know that there's purple patches, and a team with the quality of City are always going to come into the game.

City deal with the latest corner comfortably enough and can now look to build again.

With City having grown into the game after United's flying start, the crowd has quietened down momentarily.

A United break soon changes that, though. Corner to the home side.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

United certainly look a bit rattled.

City have gotten a little bit of joy, especially down this left hand side with Lauren Hemp.

It's almost like City have woken up now, the front three, Hemp, Shaw and Kelly are starting to cause problems.

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City have come to life! A corner comes in from the right and Filippa Angeldahl has the space in the middle to control and shoot.

The ball is heading in but Hannah Blundell makes another big block inside the six-yard box.

From nowhere, City are almost level!

Bunny Shaw is able to take a touch inside the box after a cross from the left. Her shot is blocked by Hannah Blundell and the ball looks to be looping out for a corner.

Chloe Kelly isn't willing to settle for that and meets the ball on the volley. It's a tight angle, though, and it cannons back off the post!

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The former England skipper has certainly been kept busy as part of the Manchester City backline so far tonight.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I do think Steph Houghton is still in the mix for England [for the World Cup].

Unfortunately when we heard about the injury to Leah Williamson, I did say you cannot rule out Houghton. She has the experience, she's been there and done it, and she would be great to have around the squad.

We have a wealth of centre halfs in England, two being in the United side tonight, but you cannot buy that sort of experience [that Houghton has].

Chance for United!

Katie Zelem plays a short corner to Nikita Parris, who plays it straight back to her.

Zelem then delivers a first time cross from a better angle, Leah Galton meets it at the near post but heads just over.

After a bit of head tennis on the edge of the City box, United swing a ball to the back post and Nikita Parris meets it on the volley.

She tries to put it back across goal but City just manage to get it away.

Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

What City are lacking at the moment is a difference in movement.

Most City players are coming short for the ball, and a bit of variation, one to go long and one to go short, is what the defenders are asking for.