At long last, a weakness has been spotted. Finally, the 100% winning start ends for Manchester City, much to the pleasure of Manchester United, who struck late through Elisabeth Terland to claim a point in a well-contested and at times breathless derby.

Khadija “Bunny” Shaw’s second-half strike – her 91st WSL goal on her 100th appearance in the division – appeared to have settled the game and kept the defending champions top of the table, and it had looked likely to be the same old story, of City finding a way to win a game that was on a knife-edge, because they have the game’s deadliest finisher.