Aston Villa Women 1-2 Manchester United Women: Mead double downs Villa

Player ratings: Aston Villa 1-2 Man Utd - Mead double sends United third

Manchester United moved into the top three of the Women's Super League table with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon. Ella Toone fired United into an early lead, latching onto a through ball from Alessia Russo to slot home after just five minutes.

Villa responded swiftly, and Kirsty Hanson levelled the scores less than 10 minutes later. Aston Villa started the second half brightly but were unable to find the winning goal. Instead, it was United who grabbed the decisive goal, with Mead finishing off a fine team move with just nine minutes remaining.