Manchester City vs London City Lionesses, 2025-26 English Women's Super League
· English Women's Super League
- 11': Vivianne Miedema
- 14': Laura Blindkilde Brown
- 69': Khadija Shaw (P)
- 89': Khadija Shaw (P)
FT
4 - 1
4 - 1
Bunny Shaw scores two pens in Man City rout over London City
Two second-half penalties from Khadija Shaw helped Manchester City to a 4-1 win over the London City Lionesses that was more difficult than the scoreline made it look.
Match Commentary
- 1': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 1'
- 1': Isobel Goodwin (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 1'
- 1': Nikita Parris (London City Lionesses) Shot On Target at 1'
- 1': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Save at 1'
- 3': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 3'
- 4': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 4'
- 5': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 5'
- 6': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 6'
- 6': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Foul at 6'
- 7': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 7'
- 11': Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City) Goal - Header at 11'
- 11': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Assist at 11'
- 13': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 13'
- 14': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 14'
- 14': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Save at 14'
- 14': Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 14'
- 14': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Shot Blocked at 14'
- 14': Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Goal at 14'
- 16': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 16'
- 16': Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 16'
- 16': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 16'
- 17': Gracie Prior (Manchester City) Foul at 17'
- 17': Elena Linari (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 17'
- 19': Nikita Parris (London City Lionesses) Goal at 19'
- 19': María Pérez (London City Lionesses) Assist at 19'
- 21': Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 21'
- 21': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Shot Off Target at 21'
- 23': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 23'
- 24': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 24'
- 25': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 25'
- 26': Grace Geyoro (London City Lionesses) Foul at 26'
- 26': Gracie Prior (Manchester City) Free Kick at 26'
- 26': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 26'
- 26': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 26'
- 28': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Shot Off Target at 28'
- 28': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Throw In at 28'
- 29': María Pérez (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 29'
- 29': Isobel Goodwin (London City Lionesses) Shot Off Target at 29'
- 30': Grace Clinton (Manchester City) Foul at 30'
- 31': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 31'
- 33': Nikita Parris (London City Lionesses) Shot Off Target at 33'
- 39': Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 39'
- 39': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 39'
- 40': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 40'
- 41': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 41'
- 42': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Foul at 42'
- 43': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Free Kick at 43'
- 43': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 43'
- 44': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Shot Off Target at 44'
- 45'+2': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 47'
- 45'+2': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 47'
- 45'+2': Grace Geyoro (London City Lionesses) Offside at 47'
- 45'+3': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Free Kick at 48'
- 45'+3': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 48'
- 45'+3': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 48'
- 45'+3': Nikita Parris (London City Lionesses) Shot Blocked at 48'
- 45'+3': Gracie Prior (Manchester City) Save at 48'
- 45'+3': Gracie Prior (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 48'
- 45'+4': Saki Kumagai (London City Lionesses) Foul at 49'
- 45'+4': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Free Kick at 49'
- 45'+4': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Offside at 49'
- 45'+4': Elena Linari (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 49'
- 46': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 46'
- 50': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 50'
- 51': Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City) Shot Off Target at 51'
- 51': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 51'
- 51': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 51'
- 52': Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Throw In at 52'
- 52': Elene Lete (London City Lionesses) Save at 52'
- 52': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 52'
- 52': Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City) Shot On Target at 52'
- 53': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 53'
- 53': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Foul at 53'
- 54': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Free Kick at 54'
- 55': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 55'
- 55': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Throw In at 55'
- 56': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 56'
- 56': Grace Clinton (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 56'
- 56': Grace Clinton (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 56'
- 58': Elena Linari (London City Lionesses) Foul at 58'
- 58': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Free Kick at 58'
- 61': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 61'
- 64': Lotta Lindström (London City Lionesses) Substitution at 64'
- 64': Julia Roddar (London City Lionesses) Substitution at 64'
- 64': Laura Coombs (Manchester City) Substitution at 64'
- 66': Cerys Brown (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 66'
- 66': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 66'
- 68': Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 68'
- 68': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Shot Blocked at 68'
- 69': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Penalty - Scored at 69'
- 71': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Substitution at 71'
- 71': Laura Coombs (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 71'
- 71': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 71'
- 72': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 72'
- 72': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 72'
- 72': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 72'
- 73': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Blocked Pass at 73'
- 73': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 73'
- 74': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 74'
- 75': Elene Lete (London City Lionesses) Save at 75'
- 75': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 75'
- 75': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Shot On Target at 75'
- 75': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Foul at 75'
- 75': Jana Fernández (London City Lionesses) Substitution at 75'
- 75': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 75'
- 76': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Throw In at 76'
- 77': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 77'
- 78': Lotta Lindström (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 78'
- 78': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Shot Off Target at 78'
- 79': Elene Lete (London City Lionesses) Save at 79'
- 79': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 79'
- 79': Laura Coombs (Manchester City) Shot On Target at 79'
- 79': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 79'
- 80': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 80'
- 80': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 80'
- 80': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Shot Off Target at 80'
- 81': Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 81'
- 84': Sydney Lohmann (Manchester City) Substitution at 84'
- 86': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Throw In at 86'
- 87': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Save at 87'
- 87': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Assists Shot at 87'
- 87': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Shot Blocked at 87'
- 87': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Offside at 87'
- 87': Katie Zelem (London City Lionesses) Substitution at 87'
- 87': Sanni Franssi (London City Lionesses) Substitution at 87'
- 88': Elene Lete (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 88'
- 88': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Foul at 88'
- 89': Khadija Shaw (Manchester City) Penalty - Scored at 89'
- 90': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Blocked Pass at 90'
- 90': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 90'
- 90'+1': Lucía Corrales (London City Lionesses) Throw In at 91'
- 90'+2': Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City) Offside at 92'
- 90'+2': Wassa Sangaré (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 92'
- 90'+3': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 93'
- 90'+3': Lotta Lindström (London City Lionesses) Shot Blocked at 93'
- 90'+3': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Save at 93'
- 90'+3': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Corner Kick at 93'
- 90'+4': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Foul at 94'
- 90'+4': Aoba Fujino (Manchester City) Yellow Card at 94'
- 90'+5': Katie Zelem (London City Lionesses) Free Kick at 95'
- 90'+5': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Foul at 95'
- 90'+6': Naomi Layzell (Manchester City) Free Kick at 96'
- 90'+6': Kosovare Asllani (London City Lionesses) Assists Shot at 96'
- 90'+6': Lotta Lindström (London City Lionesses) Shot On Target at 96'
- 90'+6': Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City) Save at 96'
Statistics
 LCL |
MNC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 5 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 43.5 | Possession | 56.5 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 2 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 2 |
| 339 | Accurate Passes | 479 |
| 428 | Passes | 554 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 13 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 17 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 24 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 21 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: English Women's Super League
Venue: Joie Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 3,341
Venue: Joie Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 3,341
Women's Super League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | +9 | 16 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | +9 | 15 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | +13 | 14 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 0 | 12 |
Line-Ups
Manchester City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Ayaka Yamashita (GK) |
| 5 | Alex Greenwood |
| 28 | Gracie Prior |
| 15 | Leila Ouahabi |
| 18 | Kerstin Casparij |
| 10 | Vivianne Miedema |
| 25 | Yui Hasegawa |
| 19 | Laura Blindkilde Brown |
| 9 | Khadija Shaw |
| 6 | Grace Clinton |
| 20 | Aoba Fujino  |
London City Lionesses (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 77 | Elene Lete (GK) |
| 13 | Elena Linari |
| 26 | Wassa Sangaré |
| 7 | Lucía Corrales |
| 22 | Cerys Brown |
| 8 | Saki Kumagai |
| 6 | María Pérez |
| 17 | Nikita Parris |
| 9 | Kosovare Asllani |
| 88 | Grace Geyoro |
| 23 | Isobel Goodwin |
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