Ladies keep battling to unsettle Uni

Withoth goals coming from the upfront player, Rochdale knew they had to mark this player closely as her skill level was causing them problems.

Both teams were creating more chances, however Rochdale’s breakthrough came from a misplaced pass.

Roisin Pickering picked up the ball and was then afforded the time and space to pass into the D, Katie Burrell tapped it to Ransome who was waiting on the back post.

Ransome swept the ball into right hand corner of the net, having avoided several lacklustre efforts made by Salford’s defence.

The intensity in the second half remained high, with both teams perhaps sensing that a slight increase in performance could yield a positive result in their game. However; it was Salford who made the first attack, making it 3-1 early on.

Rochdale’s second goal came after they were awarded a short corner, Knowles injected the ball into top D to Pickering who past to the left.

Hodcroft connected with the ball and slotted it home.

A great display of team work and well thought out play which was aesthetically pleasing for the Rochdale fans. Salfords forth and final goal of the game came within the last ten minutes of the final whistle.

With a couple of minutes left to try and salvage the game Rochdale became a little frantic and despite securing a couple of short corners they were unable to make them count.

A tense game which finished at 4-2 to Salford, despite a slightly depleted squad an all round good performance from all of the ladies.

Captain Kie Leech said: “It was a great, well battled game again today.

“The team worked really hard together right till the end despite a player shortage.”