Haythornthwaite then lifted consecutive Superleague titles during a successful spell for Wasps before making the trip down under, and she insists her decision to return to Superleague is about 'solidifying her netball'. Many of United’s familiar problems were on show as Villarreal had the better chances for an hour, De Gea making two strong saves to deny Manu Trigueros. "It sums up our season really, we can beat the team at the top of the table yesterday and then come out today and put out a performance that's just not us," said Kat Ratnapala. "I categorically deny saying the words attributed to me by Azeem Rafiq and want to re-state this publicly because the "you lot" comment simply never happened," he said in a statement on Monday.