What captain Alex Greenwood said as Manchester City won the Women’s Super League title | OneFootball

Alex Greenwood (Manchester City FC)

Manchester City were crowned WSL champions on Wednesday night as Arsenal managed only a draw against Brighton and Hove Albion.

It means that no other team can now catch league leaders Manchester City – and the celebrations started straight away as the squad watched the Gunners’ game together.

Captain Alex Greenwood spoke to City’s website about how she felt now the league title had finally been confirmed, saying: “[It feels] absolutely incredible: a moment, we as a team, me personally, us as a club [have] waited so long for – an incredible moment, it’s an incredible feeling.

“I’m so glad we got to spend this moment together as a group – just an absolutely incredible feeling.

“There’s been moments in the season and a feeling within our four walls where we felt confident. We spoke about being winners, and have been confident to speak like that.

“We’ve had a bit of a shift in mindset to feel comfortable to speak in that language. That’s been a massive difference in our culture.

“We’ve worked really hard on those small details of acting like champions, playing like champions, speaking like champions.

“Sometimes it’s a difficult conversation when you’re not actually champions or been there, it’s a change in body language and thought process in games.

“Now we can say it and it’s real. We are champions. It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had.”

Alex Greenwood: Manchester City are a fantastic group of girls

And Greenwood also spoke about what it had been like to take over the captaincy from Steph Houghton in 2024.

“It’s been an absolute pleasure. They’re an unbelievable group of girls. For me personally, I’ve loved the responsibility I’ve had.

“I’ve loved the responsibility the manager has given me; Andree has been incredible with me personally. [He’s] allowed me to be vulnerable at times because I almost lead the team, but he leads the whole group. I suppose we can lean on each other a little bit in moments, how the group’s feeling, how I’m feeling, how he’s feeling.

“That’s been really important to have those conversations with him, but for me, leading the group has – one – been really easy because they’re just a fantastic group of girls, two – challenging at times because as a captain you want to be the one who drives the team a lot which I think I do.

“But it’s also important to be vulnerable to show emotion, to show you really care. I do really care about this team and this club a hell of a lot. I hope they know that.”