Aston Villa face crucial mini-season, West Ham latch on to miracle, and City keep pressing Chelsea in title race The Women’s Super League now takes a two-week international break, during which England play friendlies against France and Canada, followed by the FA Cup fourth round. But when it returns it will be with some giant fixtures starting with a potential title decider between Manchester City and Chelsea, and whoever ends the last weekend of April at the top of the table will be massive favourites to win it. There are also key games to come at the bottom: Aston Villa, who slipped back to 12th spot with defeat at Everton, face a four-game mini-season with each of their next four...
Phil Foden should be central for City and England, neutrals should root for Brighton and Celtic seek a long-term planPhil Foden must start. Whether it is Manchester City’s most important matches, or for England at a European Championship, he must start. City’s win over Borussia Mönchengladbach was confirmation of this, and while his midfield mates Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gündogan took the headlines for their goals, Foden put in an imperious performance at the tip of City’s midfield, providing a sumptuous no-look assist to take his goal contributions this season to 20 (from 36 appearances). There are others that could play this position for both City and England, but on current form it would be a huge shame not...
Keira Walsh’s late goal means Manchester City keep up the pressure on Chelsea while Manchester United bounced backManchester City are on an incredible run at the moment and the 1-0 victory over Everton means they have now won nine consecutive league games. They dominated throughout the game but Everton’s execution of manager Willie Kirk’s gameplan was almost perfect. They put in an admirable performance, even without Jill Scott who was ineligible to face her parent club, and frustrated City until the only goal arrived with nine minutes remaining. @keira_walsh was the matchwinner as @ManCityWomen keep up the pace with leaders @ChelseaFCW... #BarclaysFAWSL highlights ⤵️Flip it and reverse it! This time it's @samkerr1 cross that sets up @Bethany_Eng15!#BarclaysFAWSL pic.twitter.com/3rMkNdfUOTCaptain @katiezel was...
The champions Chelsea look in ominous form, Everton need to look at Manchester United for how to progress, and a first win gives Bristol City hopeAnother 4-0 win for Chelsea, their second in a week, with Tottenham the victims this time. Rehanne Skinner had transformed Spurs’ outlook on the season since she joined as manager in November, and they had won three in a row before they headed to Chelsea but after a promising start it all fell apart. Ria Percival and Kit Graham both forced saves from Ann-Katrin Berger in the opening minutes before the Germany international Melanie Leupolz scored against the run of play from more than 25 yards to crush Tottenham’s confidence. Another goal followed two minutes...
Iwabuchi makes sudden impact for Aston Villa, while transfer activity remains busy and England embark on life after NevilleWe all saw the potential impact a January signing can make at Aston Villa on Saturday, when Mana Iwabuchi got a goal and an assist in a 2-2 draw with Reading. She is 5ft 1in and about seven stone, but perfectly fits the mould of the kind of elite player Japan has produced – dynamic, organised, well drilled, technically excellent and personally unassuming. Her run to score the opener from a set piece was so typical of the Japanese national side, whose set-pieces are always perfectly executed. She has agility, poise and composure and is technically excellent – this is just not...