Manchester United rose to second in the Women's Super League table with a rousing 3-0 win over Brighton as their positive start to 2025 continues.

After scoring three goals from three shots in the Manchester derby last weekend, Ella Toone has continued her rich vein of form with a goal after just two minutes against Brighton in the WSL. The 25-year-old England star now has four goals in her last two matches, and is hitting the ground running after missing seven games with injury.

Ella Toone stars in WSL derby nightmare for Man City - The England international scored a hat-trick as Man Utd went above title-chasing Man City in the table

Ella Toone elated after scoring her first goals against Manchester City and helping Manchester United leapfrog their rivals and move up to third in the Womens Super League table: Its a derby, so it means so much.

Ella Toone scored a hat-trick as Manchester United stunned Manchester City 4-2 in the Women's Super League to move above their rivals in the table

The Red Devils sealed the win in the 69th minute through Celin Bizet Ildhusoy, moving them above rivals Manchester City and seven points adrift of leaders Chelsea

This was Toone's 10th Manchester derby, but her first goal, and you can see how much it meant to her as she grabbed the badge on her shirt in celebration.

Manchester United Women boss Marc Skinner has lauded Ella Toone following her sensational hat-trick in the side’s 4-2 win over Manchester City on Sunday.Before yesterday, Toone had never scored

Ella Toone scores a hat-trick as Manchester United defeats Manchester City 4-2 in a thrilling Womens Super League derby.

In what was a chaotic encounter in Manchester, Toone stole the show as she took advantage of individual errors amid frantic defending from Gareth Taylor's side on Sunday,

After scoring three goals from three shots in the Manchester derby last weekend, Ella Toone has continued her rich vein of form with a goal after just two minutes against Brighton in the WSL. The

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