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Shaw ‘wants to beryllium successful Manchester’
The attraction was little connected nan capacity and consequence and much connected Khadija Shaw and her future. Manchester City had wrapped up nan title aft Arsenal dropped points against Brighton 10 days prior, truthful nan crippled against West Ham was somewhat irrelevant. That Shaw scored 2 goals successful City’s 4-1 triumph further highlighted what a immense correction it would beryllium for nan nine to fto her go, pinch her statement expiring this summer. Shaw, though, gave dream to City fans truthful hopeless for her to enactment they chanted her sanction complete and complete astatine nan club’s title statement connected Sunday. After nan lucifer connected Saturday, she told Sky Sports: “I’ve ever said Manchester is my home, it’s wherever I want to be, but there’s a batch of things which spell connected down nan scenes which I won’t talk astir now. But I’ve ever been proud of each nan girls and everything. Manchester is wherever I would want to be, but yet we’ll see.” Suzanne Wrack
Match report: West Ham 1-4 Manchester City
Arsenal opportunity last farewells
Securing 2nd spot and avoiding Champions League qualifiers will beryllium mini consolation for Arsenal astatine nan extremity of a disappointing season. They look a summertime of change, their 3-1 conclusion of Liverpool a farewell crippled for Katie McCabe, Beth Mead, Victoria Pelova and Laia Codina. McCabe and Mead showed what nan Gunners will beryllium losing, pinch McCabe providing nan assistance for Mariona Caldentey’s extremity and Mead integral to nan 2nd of Alessia Russo’s 2 strikes. “They are some very vocal and create power erstwhile it is needed, they speak up erstwhile it is needed, truthful that is thing we will miss: their energy, their beingness and besides their shot intelligence,” said Slegers. “But shot is ever for illustration that. Players time off and past location is room for caller players to travel successful and everything changes again.” SW
Kerr says goodbye pinch a flourish
Sam Kerr bid farewell to Chelsea successful fitting style by equalling Fran Kirby’s nine goalscoring grounds pinch her 116th strike. It was nan eighth WSL extremity Kerr has scored against Manchester United, much than immoderate different subordinate has accumulated, and secured a 1-0 location victory. United, whose play has ended successful mediocre form, stay winless against Chelsea successful 13 WSL meetings and person mislaid each distant WSL fixture against them. Marc Skinner’s squad ended without a triumph successful six games successful each competitions, 9 points adrift of a European place. Tom Garry
Leicester suffer again earlier playoff
Leicester showed much-needed signs of betterment earlier Saturday’s relegation playoff astatine Charlton but will still beryllium desperately debased connected assurance aft losing 1-0 to a stoppage-time extremity astatine Goodison Park. The WSL’s bottommost side’s 11th consecutive convention conclusion was inflicted erstwhile Maz Pacheco tucked successful to information disconnected Everton’s last-gasp passing move. That was nan 52nd convention extremity Leicester person conceded, much than immoderate different side. They person scored only 4 goals truthful acold successful this almanac year, kept retired connected Saturday by an in-form Courtney Brosnan. TG
Record-breaking London City raise sights
London City Lionesses capped their debut WSL play pinch a melodramatic comeback triumph complete Aston Villa that secured a top-half decorativeness and underlined their progress. Freya Godfrey’s stoppage-time victor completed a 2-1 turnaround aft Daniëlle van de Donk cancelled retired Lynn Wilms’ opener, moving London City supra Brighton into sixth. Their eighth triumph besides group records for wins and points by a promoted WSL side. There remains activity to do for Michele Kang’s eager project, peculiarly aft a mid-season managerial alteration and concerns complete their attacking capability, but nan foundations are clear. Godfrey, whose victor capped a play of 10 extremity involvements, embodies nan club’s youthful ambition. “We’ve had a historical season,” she said. “This is conscionable nan start.” Mitul Samji
Koga signs disconnected Spurs’ play pinch stunner
“The measurement you decorativeness is astir apt really you’re remembered,” Martin Ho told Spurs media aft his squad produced a precocious comeback to triumph astatine Brighton. With 5th spot wrapped up agelong ago, nan triumph added to a nine grounds points tally. Brighton, FA Cup finalists, did not make it an easy day for them successful an evenly matched encounter. A precocious flurry from nan visitors, however, epitomised nan characteristic that has been processing nether Ho. Stealing nan headlines was Toko Koga, who drove location a 92nd-minute victor from distance. The 20-year-old cardinal defender has been integral to Spurs’ season, ever coming since signing from Feyenoord past summer, and signed disconnected her inaugural run successful England pinch her 2nd extremity for nan club. Sophie Downey
