Northern Tigers 1-1 Manly United
Rivals Northern Tigers and Manly United shared the spoils in Sunday evening’s derby clash at North Turramurra Recreation Area.
The derby arrived at a critical moment in both teams’ seasons, with the Tigers looking to overcome their injury woes and United wanting to back-up their good form prior to the loss to APIA in the previous round.
An entertaining first half played out in brisk conditions as both sides sought to show their worth in attack and put on a show in a traditionally well-contested rivalry.
Manly began the happier of the two however when they took the lead in the 37th minute off the back of some patient build-up from defence to attack, the goal arriving through Kahli Johnson superbly picking out Caitlin Jarvie for a run down the left wing and a successive squared pass to an onrushing Daisy Arrowsmith, who beat the Tigers defence to make it 1-0.
The Tigers refused to leave the home fans without something to savour even as the match moved closer to the final minutes, and had one last trick up their sleeve to undo Manly’s control over the match.
Ella Tonkin was the ultimate hero for the Tigers as she powerfully headed in from a floated Hannah McNulty free-kick to ensure that the two sides could not be separated at the end of the match.
By Football NSW
