Manchester United miss chance to close on WSL top three in drab draw at Everton

Manchester United were held to a 0-0 draw at Goodison Park by Everton in the Women’s Super League A group of well-choreographed, fancy-dress-wearing school-age dancers fully embraced the Halloween spirit as they boogied to one of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits at half-time. Alas, the football match itself was no thriller. For Manchester United, the only scary thing about this game was how few times they tested Courtney Brosnan in Everton’s goal in the first 75 minutes as the visitors demonstrated a lack of creativity. Brosnan did well to save from Elisabeth Terland’s strike, as Manchester United grew into the game late on and began to apply some pressure, but this was a fixture worthy of finishing goalless, or – as Sky Sports put it – ghoul-less.

Terland has scored five Women’s Super League goals against tEverton, but Brosnan was equal to her close-range shot after Jess Park’s through ball. Everton, who are winless in all 15 of their WSL meetings with Manchester United, will be the happier with the point. There was more cause for optimism at fulltime after their encouraging performance, but they missed the opportunity to climb above their