Soccer-Park Double Fires Man City To Derby Win Over United And Top Of WSL

MANCHESTER: A Jess Park brace helped Manchester Metropolis to a 3-1 dwelling win over Manchester United within the Girls’s Tremendous League derby on Saturday, taking them provisionally three factors clear on the high of the desk.

The house aspect’s bid to win their first league title since 2016 stayed properly on track within the first WSL recreation on the Etihad Stadium since December 2022, as Metropolis racked up their eleventh straight win within the league in entrance of a 40,086 crowd.

Metropolis have 43 factors, three forward of Chelsea who’re at West Ham on Sunday, whereas United stay fourth on 28 factors, degree with Liverpool who play Everton on Sunday and 6 factors behind Arsenal who’re away to Aston Villa, additionally on Sunday.

Metropolis 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 objective for the membership.

Eight minutes later and Park had her second. A brief-corner transfer discovered Yui Hasegawa who floated a cross into the realm, Alanna Kennedy headed the ball on and Park was there once more to satisfy it first time and fireplace dwelling from shut vary.

United had possibilities within the opening half earlier than Metropolis broke the impasse, with Nikita Parris and Geyse forcing Khiara Keating into saves, however instantly after the break the house aspect all however killed off any hopes of a comeback.

Park turned supplier and her by ball discovered Bunny Shaw who took the ball into the realm, acquired the higher of Maya Le Tissier, earlier than putting low into the far nook, making her Metropolis’s all-time main scorer with 68 targets.

The depth went out of the sport however United managed to tug one again within the 74th minute when Hannah Blundell’s shot from out huge was deflected by Metropolis’s Kerstin Casparij previous Keating, nevertheless it was too little too late to spoil Metropolis’s day.

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