# @manutdwomen on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHQY7rqtMNq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27742490-manutdwomen-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-16T10:00:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) — https://gondola.cc/ManUtdWomen

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Built of stronger stuff 💪

To suffer one ACL injury is hard, but to come back from two must take someone with a steely determination and an innate desire to subvert the odds.

Thankfully, United defender Aoife Mannion possesses both of these qualities.

In 2019 and 2022, Mannion was sidelined with such injuries but on both occasions overcame them to represent United.

“I had to draw on different motivations [the second] time, just thinking 'let’s make the most out of this single opportunity today, to invest myself in the rehab and then I can relax later,’” she said.

Now fully recovered, Aoife wants her journey to inspire others – something she feels is not present enough in the women’s game.

“I think that something I would have liked when I first got injured was to see more people talking about it, it’s just quite a dramatic injury really, it’s quite a long injury, particularly in the women's game.

“It can be quite inspirational for people who are going through an ACL injury to see someone who might be a few months ahead of them. 

“Because when the natural days come where you’re not improving or you might feel a bit bogged down, it can be quite uplifting to think ‘OK, so and so is a little bit ahead of me and they’re still doing fine and have improved.’"

#MUWomen #ManUtd #AoifeMannion #InternationalWomensDay

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