Manchester City v Manchester United: Women’s Super League – live
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⚽ Jess Park has switched sides | Email Billy with your thoughts
Manchester United’s captain, Maya Le Tissier, is the stepbrother of Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, who is in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for the first time. I have to confess that I did not know this. The pair grew up in Guernsey and Scott has been speaking about their childhood in football:
Growing up, we would fly over every weekend together. She’d have her games, for Hampshire, and I’d be playing for Southampton as a kid.
Every weekend, one of our parents and ourselves were flying over. It took a lot, especially for our parents, the amount of money they were paying and the amount of dedication they put in too for us to dream to be footballers. It’s a credit to them.
United are a quality side. We’ve got so much respect for them. They’ve done well this season. I think today will come down to who wants it the most and hopefully we can bring as much quality as we can. In the tough moments we’ve got all the fans behind us and it’s so special it being at home. We’re in this together and so hopefully we’ll get the job done.
