“A goal worthy of winning any game”: Marc Skinner purrs over Ella Toone’s thunderbolt strike vs. Leicester City | OneFootball

Manchester United Women manager Marc Skinner has expressed his joy and delight at Ella Toone’s fantastic winner for the club against Leicester City on Sunday.

United managed to beat Leicester 1-0 at the King Power Stadium and the goal was a thing of beauty.

Substitute Toone produced a moment of magic in the 83rd minute of proceedings when she picked up the ball from distance and unleashed a thunderbolt into the top-right corner of Janina Leitzig’s net.

United dominated the match but were thwarted by some heroics from the Foxes shot-stopper, who was in fine form between the sticks. It seemed like the game needed something special to be unlocked and Toone provided just that.

Skinner spoke to club media after the final whistle and gave his verdict on the match, including Toone’s screamer.

The United manager said, “It was a pretty dominant performance. We should have been more ruthless in the final third while attacking. We defended well at times. Yeah, it was a professional performance but we created too many chances to still be 0-0 at that stage.”

“And obviously a goal worthy of winning any game when Toone came on. It was a magnificent strike. I’m happy for her because she’s been practising those distances for a while and to get that to come off and win the game is just fitting for what she’s been practising, so overall three points and that’s what’s most important.”

When asked about his substitutes and the impact they made against Leicester, Skinner replied, “It’s huge for any team [subs to come on and make a difference] No game is 11 players any more.”

“It has to be a whole squad and today we selected certain players for certain aspects and we brought other players in for the same reason.”

“I think what we got from that was a good performance. I was really pleased with it, especially in the first half we dominated the possession but we created moments where we’ve got to make the keeper work more.”

He added, “Knowing that you have the quality [from the bench] coming into the game is really important, but yeah from our perspective it’s just continuing. We’ve got three finals left. Not one is any more important than the other.”

Skinner finished off by praising the fans who made their way to the King Power Stadium and were relentless in their support for the team.

United return to action next Sunday when they travel to Merseyside to face Liverpool, who are just behind them in the WSL standings.

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