Dom Smith On Man United's Women's Fa Cup Final Win Over Tottenham

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00:00 All over here at Wembley and Manchester United are the 18th new winners of the Women's FA Cup.

00:07 Winning the final 4-0 against Tottenham Oxford.

00:10 This was for Tottenham a first ever major final and although they played decent in the first half,

00:15 they were overall the weaker side.

00:18 Manchester United ahead just ahead of the interval in first half Suffolk time

00:23 when Ella Toomes scored an absolutely sensational goal running past the length of the pit

00:27 and slamming into the top corner with Lionesses manager Serena Viggold watching on from the crowd.

00:33 In the second half it just got away from Tottenham really.

00:36 They didn't really have an outlet to keep the ball.

00:38 Beth England, their captain and probably most famous player had tried her best to do that

00:43 but they just couldn't keep the ball Tottenham.

00:45 Manchester United scored again through Rachel Williams who was winning headers all afternoon

00:51 and finally put a header away from Katie Dermott's free kick in the second half.

00:55 And then a calamity from the Tottenham goalkeeper Becky Spencer who's pass only reached Lucia Garcia

01:02 who put the ball into the net for 3-0 and then slammed home for 4-0.

01:06 Her two goals making her the player of the match.

01:08 Manchester United were in the FA Cup final last year of course, lost 1-0 to Chelsea

01:13 and I think many of those players felt that they were the better team on the day.

01:16 Well here they finally have their crowning moment, their first major title, their first FA Cup win.

01:21 4-0 win against Tottenham.

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