Manchester City’s women’s team took on Leicester City during the Women’s Super League match weekend, where they claimed a 3-0 win.
Manchester City’s women met Leicester in the WSL, where a 3-0 result kept them as league leaders.
Going into this game, Manchester City were already at the top of the Women’s Super League, three points ahead of Chelsea. After they got their late 3-0 win, with goals coming from Khadija Shaw and also Kerolin Nicoli, they added to their lead. Chelsea were defeated by Everton, which increased Manchester City’s gap.
Manchester City are now six points ahead of Chelsea, putting them front and centre of this WSL title race.
This has been quite the attempt by Manchester City so far, as they aim for triumph in the Women’s Super League. They have won nine out of ten fixtures, while winning against the likes of London, Manchester United and Arsenal.
While anything is still possible in this title race, as there remains a while to go, Manchester City are now in control not only for themselves, but also for their opponents.
Next, Manchester City will be taking on Aston Villa on the 14th. Other fixtures will see Chelsea have a task against Brighton, Arsenal meet Fulham, and Manchester United vs Tottenham.
Let's take a look at how the standings in the WSL now look after this match weekend.
The Women’s Super League standings
1: Manchester City 27pts
2: Chelsea 21pts
3: Manchester United 20pts
4: Arsenal 19pts
5: Tottenham 19pts
6: London 15pts
7: Brighton 14pts
8: Aston Villa 10pts
9: Everton 8pts
10: Leicester City 6pts
11: West ham 4pts
12: Liverpool 2pts
Manchester City now have quite the lead, and if they can protect it, then they’ll surely be capable of potential conquest. However, to be able to do that, they must remain getting victories, and not letting this chance slip away.
Andree Jeglertz on Manchester City’s win
“Of course, we want to score a little bit earlier, but we created a lot of chances and had a lot of patience during the 90 minutes.”
“With the quality we have, I’m proud of the players' patience and trust and believing we will score.”
“They just kept going, and I’m very happy for that. We didn’t get frustrated and do things we hadn't talked about. We were consistent in following the game plan and found different ways.”