Shaw hat-trick leads Man Metropolis cup romp

Shaw hat-trick leads Man Metropolis cup romp


Dazzling Reggae Lady Khadija “Bunny” Shaw loved an early birthday current as she led the Jamaica purpose parade in England on Sunday with a hat-trick to steer Manchester Metropolis to a 7-0 thrashing of Sheffield United.

Participant-of-the-match Shaw, who turns 26 on Tuesday, opened the scoring within the Girls’s’ FA Cup fourth spherical contest, tapping into an empty internet from shut vary after a go from Chloe Kelly on 16 minutes, and added two extra targets after the break to take her purpose tally for the season in all competitions to 16 from as many matches.

She doubled her tally on 51 minutes, rolling her marker on the sting of the field from Alex Greenwood’s go earlier than wrong-footing goalkeeper Nina Wilson with a medical low effort.  Shaw then accomplished her treble three minutes from time, tapping in after being teed up by Kelly.

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Metropolis’s different targets got here from Julie Blakstad, who bagged a brace, Kelly, and Deyna Castellanos.

Sunday’s victory, during which Gareth Taylor’s aspect have been at their attacking finest on the Academy Stadium, adopted Metropolis’s 6-0 League Cup win over Bristol Metropolis in midweek, when Khadija Shaw was additionally on the scoresheet, and ensured Metropolis’s FA Cup marketing campaign obtained off to the proper begin forward of Monday night’s fifth spherical draw.

“Shaw’s medical eye for purpose was complemented by sensible link-up play and a steely tenacity when out of possession,” Metropolis stated on the membership web site.

Drew Spence and Shania Hayles, two of Shaw’s Reggae Girlz teammates additionally plying their commerce in Britain, picked up a purpose apiece to guide Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Metropolis to different large wins.

Spence, a 30-year-old midfielder, scored Spurs’ third from shut vary on 48 minutes as they walloped Lion Metropolis Lionesses 5-0.

Hayles, 23, scored deep into first-half stoppage time with a close-range header to interrupt the impasse earlier than Bristol Metropolis went on to beat Oxford United 4-0.

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