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The tactical switch that made all the difference

We left it late but Danielle van de Donk's 89th-minute winner meant we left Leigh Sports Village with all three points.

We'd pushed and probed to try to find the breakthrough against Casey Stoney's well-drilled Manchester United side, and in the end it was our Dutch playmaker's strike - our 19th shot of the game - which made the difference.

So why did we struggle to break Manchester United down?

"It was just our decision making in the final third," Montemurro told Arsenal.com. "We were crossing balls that were never there to be crossed when we should have started again.