Manchester United Women: Marc Skinner 'not nervous' about Chelsea after uneven West Ham win at Old Trafford

Marc Skinner's Manchester United are 1 constituent wide of Chelsea, but person played 2 WSL games more

Having played his portion successful Women's Football Weekend successful seeing his Manchester United squad instrumentality to the apical of the WSL, Marc Skinner volition not beryllium watching arsenic Chelsea effort to overtake his broadside again.

"The world is I haven't seen my girl today, I volition spot her time and we'll person immoderate household time. There's thing we tin power tomorrow, truthful wherefore interest astir it."

Ultimately Skinner and United did their occupation successful the 2nd fractional to see-off a coagulated but constricted West Ham, scoring 4 aft the interruption to nonstop the 27,919 fans astatine Old Trafford location happy.

Despite the 4-0 score, this was United winning ugly. They created small for the archetypal 51 minutes until getting the breakthrough from the punishment spot, and scored doubly precocious connected to adhd gloss to the result.

Skinner admitted his broadside had been acold from their champion successful the archetypal half, with the manager visibly frustrated connected the touchline.

He said: "It's the cliche communicative of 2 halves, we were not speedy capable archetypal half, not progressive enough, we didn't get beyond the lines enough.

"At half-time we had a fewer words with each other, that we did not springiness the vigor we needed. We were overmuch amended successful the 2nd half.

"I don't deliberation we were bad, we were trying to fig retired West Ham's precocious property and didn't spell beyond it enough, they were sitting off. We needed to get betwixt the lines quicker, we didn't bash that capable successful the archetypal fractional truthful we made immoderate small adaptations."

One of those adaptations was the instauration of Lucia Garcia arsenic a 2nd fractional sub, the winger scoring doubly including a beautifully taken decorativeness from an Ella Toone done shot for the 2nd United goal.

Skinner's reluctance to rotate his squad excessively overmuch - United were unchanged from their decision astatine Chelsea successful their past WSL fixture - has led to Garcia's chances being constricted this season, but helium was afloat of praise for the Spaniard here.

"We had a gathering with Lucia connected Wednesday, we reviewed the Lewes crippled wherever she didn't play anyplace adjacent her best," helium said.

"She was large aft that gathering and large today. We signed her due to the fact that she tin bash that [her show against West Ham] for 90 minutes, she conscionable needs clip to settle.

"The mode she moves, the mode she presses, she was excellent. Now we person astir a fractional of footage to amusement her the Garcia we need."

Skinner could crook to Garcia for the last six games of the WSL play arsenic United pursuit their archetypal apical formation rubric conscionable 5 years aft the women's squad was formed, alongside established starting XI stars specified arsenic Mary Earps and Alessia Russo.

Both Lionesses required archetypal fractional physio treatment, which would person acrophobic Sarina Wiegman and England fans, nevertheless some played connected and Skinner confirmed some were good and smiling aft the game.

For now, attentions crook to 2nd versus 4th astatine the Academy Stadium tomorrow, wherever Chelsea indispensable triumph to regain apical spot. Skinner nevertheless rejected the thought that they person piled overmuch unit connected the Blues.

"What's important for america is that we had little vigor successful the archetypal fractional and a batch much successful the second, that's cleanable for us," helium said. "We've got worldly we tin larn from that, we haven't won thing close now."

Whether helium gets done household clip connected Sunday without checking his telephone for the Chelsea people remains to beryllium seen.