Shaw brace retains Man Metropolis in title hunt
Reggae Woman Khadija Shaw continued her wealthy vein of kind by bagging a brace – together with the 89th-minute winner – as Manchester Metropolis overcame Brighton 2-1 on Sunday to maintain their English Girls’s Tremendous League (WSL) title hopes alive.
The 26-year-old, the WSL’s top-scorer, completed off a slick transfer to place the guests in entrance after 21 minutes earlier than Elisabeth Terland leveled for Brighton minutes later at Broadfield Stadium.
Metropolis was the dominant aspect for a lot of the sport, however they appeared more likely to accept some extent till the strain lastly advised and Khadija Shaw collected a unfastened ball simply contained in the penalty space and hit a low left-footed shot previous a helpless Megan Walsh within the Brighton objective.
The brace – Shaw’s 14th and fifteenth league objectives – took her season’s tally in all competitions to 26.
She might have simply bagged one other two objectives however was denied by the Brighton stopper and had one other effort deflected vast.
The win prolonged Metropolis’s unbeaten run to 13 WSL video games and places them degree on factors with rivals Manchester United in second place, simply two factors behind leaders Chelsea, though Gareth Taylor’s aspect has performed a recreation extra.
Brighton stays in eleventh place with eight factors and faces a battle to retain their top-flight standing.
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