Overview

• Manchester United trail after creating the better chances, with Brann goalkeeper Selma Panengstuen producing multiple key saves to preserve the clean sheet.
• Ingrid Stenevik scored the winner with a 76th-minute header from Signe Gaupset’s free-kick.
• The second leg is scheduled for 18 September at Leigh Sports Village, where United must win to progress and likely need a two-goal margin to guarantee the league-phase spot.
• Failure to overturn the deficit would send United into the Europa Cup qualifying path under the new European format.
• A missing bag of players’ boots disrupted United’s trip, with replacements sourced before kick-off, and Marc Skinner’s options were further limited by knocks to several players as Brann hosted a national-record women’s crowd of 16,019.