A Jess Park brace helped Manchester City to a 3-1 house win over Manchester United within the Women’s Super League derby on Saturday, taking it provisionally three factors clear on the high of the desk.
The house facet’s bid to win its first league title since 2016 stayed properly on the right track within the first WSL sport on the Etihad Stadium since December 2022, as City racked up its eleventh straight win within the league in entrance of a 40,086 crowd.
City has 43 factors, three forward of Chelsea who’s going through West Ham on Sunday, whereas United stay fourth on 28 factors, degree with Liverpool which play Everton on Sunday and 6 factors behind Arsenal which is away to Aston Villa, additionally on Sunday.
City opened the scoring within the thirty seventh minute, when Leila Ouahabi’s cross from the left was met by Park’s first-time volley into the underside nook, her first league purpose for the membership.
Eight minutes later Park had her second. A brief-corner transfer discovered Yui Hasegawa who floated a cross into the world, Alanna Kennedy headed the ball on and Park was there once more to fulfill it first time and fireplace house from shut vary.
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United had possibilities within the opening half earlier than City broke the impasse, with Nikita Parris and Geyse forcing Khiara Keating into saves, however instantly after the break the house facet all however killed off any hopes of a comeback.
Park turned supplier and her by means of ball discovered Bunny Shaw who took the ball into the world, acquired the higher of Maya Le Tissier, earlier than putting low into the far nook, making her City’s all-time main scorer with 68 objectives.
The depth went out of the sport however United managed to drag one again within the 74th minute when Hannah Blundell’s shot from out huge was deflected by City’s Kerstin Casparij previous Keating, however it was too little too late to spoil City’s day.
