Man United maintained the pressure on the top three in the Women's Super League as they eased to a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Leigh Sports Village.

Maya Le Tissier crashed home the opening goal and Elisabeth Terland added a second as United moved within a point of London City Lionesses, who travel to Arsenal on Sunday.

Palace had travelled north in confidence after successive wins over Charlton and Tottenham in the League Cup, and Bethany England looked lively as the Eagles piled on some early pressure.

Terland had the ball in the net for United but it was clearly offside, and a relatively drab opening spell exploded into life in the 18th minute.

Le Tissier roved out of defence to take a through-ball from Jess Park and hammered the ball into the bottom corner of the net to mark her 150th United appearance in style.

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Palace resorted to a period of resolute defending in which Terland was denied again, while Julia Zigiotti also came close with an effort that strayed just wide of the post.

The visitors responded well at the start of the second half, with England coming close to an equaliser when her shot on the turn flashed just wide of target.

United grabbed their second goal on 65 minutes and Park was the instigator again as she threaded the ball through to Terland who fired home a low shot to double her side's lead.

United opted for cruise control to protect their lead but they could have had a third late on when Lea Schuller went through on goal but lifted her effort too high over advancing keeper Shae Yanez.