Man Metropolis Girls 2 – 1 Everton Girls

Manchester Metropolis beat Everton 2-1 on the Joie Stadium to maneuver above Chelsea on the prime of the Girls’s Tremendous League desk.

Objectives from Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw – her fifteenth of the WSL season – and Lauren Hemp put Gareth Taylor’s aspect right into a 2-0 lead earlier than Hanna Bennison’s stunner halved the deficit for Everton.

The consequence strikes Metropolis three factors away from champions Chelsea, who can regain prime spot after they journey to Leicester on Sunday night, dwell on Sky Sports activities. Everton keep ninth.

All of the objectives…

How Man Metropolis continued WSL title cost

Metropolis’s quest to make it 12 consecutive victories in all competitions began nicely and the opening objective could not have come any simpler as Shaw pounced on Justine Vanhaevermaet’s mistimed again move earlier than firing previous Courtney Brosnan within the fifteenth minute.

Metropolis, who registered 22 pictures to Everton’s 5 and completed the sport with 71 per cent possession, have been dominant all through however maybe barely lucky to enter the break forward as Rikke Madsen didn’t capitalise when gifted the ball by Metropolis goalkeeper Khiara Keating seconds earlier than half-time.

The Toffees improved firstly of the second half and virtually equalised by means of substitute Martina Piemonte, whose close-range effort produced an excellent response save from Keating, however they quickly discovered themselves two objectives behind.

Hemp picked up the ball on the right-hand aspect and drove on the Everton defence earlier than curling an beautiful left-footed strike previous the outstretched hand of Brosnan from the sting of the world (55).

Metropolis seemed set to kick on however Bennison lowered the hosts’ lead and gave Everton hope when her sensational effort from distance cannoned off the crossbar and into the web (60).

It arrange what might have been a nervy end, however Metropolis noticed out the remainder of the sport comfortably to place strain on Chelsea on the prime of the desk forward of the champions’ journey to Leicester on Sunday.

With simply seven video games remaining for Taylor’s crew, perception is rising that they’ll win their first WSL title since 2016.

Taylor: Three factors key at this stage of season

Manchester Metropolis boss Gareth Taylor chatting with Sky Sports activities: “All we will do is what we do. We have all the time tried to focus on what we do.

“It was actually tough dropping 24 hours. This sport was initially Sunday and that is occurred the final two worldwide breaks now. We have needed to come again and play early Saturday.

“It was actually necessary that we obtained the consequence, just like the final one the place we beat Villa 2-1. At this stage of the season, three factors are actually key.

“I believed we have been fairly comfy. They needed to rating a particular objective. The margins are tight. I am not going to disclaim you wish to see it over the road however now we have completed that basically nicely this season. Seeing the video games out, we have been actually good in that house.”

Sorensen: Everton stepped up

Everton boss Brian Sorensen chatting with Sky Sports activities: “I am pleased with the women. I am proud that the women stepped up and made a sport of it.

“We might have grabbed one thing on the finish if we had a little bit of coolness, however general they’d the larger probabilities and the ball essentially the most so it is truthful sufficient that they win.

“However I am proud that we performed towards such an excellent crew with no centre-back and we did nearly as good as we might.”

What’s subsequent?

Manchester Metropolis host Chelsea within the League Cup semi-finals on Thursday at 7.15pm earlier than travelling to Tottenham within the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at 3pm subsequent Sunday.

Up subsequent for Everton is a house FA Cup quarter-final towards Chelsea at 1pm on Sunday. They then return to Girls’s Tremendous League motion on March 16 after they host Aston Villa at 1pm.