The contrast in application on the pitch during United's recent defeats raised further questions about the level of investment spent on signings at Old Trafford. White had had just a single touch in the opposition box by the half-hour mark, a short Alex Greenwood free-kick into her path snuffed out smartly by Hannah Hampton, and when the England striker did manage to prod goalwards from close range before the break, the Villa goalkeeper was alert again to parry away instinctively. Sharif, who was born in East London to parents from Pakistan, said he could see "many parallels" between the Rafiq case at Yorkshire and what he had been through. Gallagher was promoted from England's U21s amid a spate of injury withdrawals from Gareth Southgate's squad and got his first cap in Monday's 10-0 victory over San Marino.