Man City close in on title and Arsenal thrash West Ham – what happened in the WSL this past weekend? | OneFootball

The WSL is reaching its climax, with only four games to go, and Manchester City kept their eight-point gap over Manchester United at the top of the table with another win at the weekend.

Man City keep gap at the top

Andree Jeglertz’s side beat Tottenham 5-2, with Bunny Shaw bagging a hat-trick. Shaw has 18 WSL goals in 18 games this season, and has had a phenomenal campaign.

Not only did the Jamaican bag three goals, but the fact that it was in the space of 13 minutes makes it the fastest hat-trick in WSL history.

Shaw’s contract expires in the summer, and she is yet to sign a renewal. Speaking after the game, Jeglertz said: “She is a very important player. Hopefully [she will sign], but we will see.

“We talk about the goals but you can also see how she’s defending, how she’s pressing and setting up other players. 

“That shows something about her that she has developed since the beginning of the season and what she wants to bring to the team. It’s not just scoring.”

Arsenal pick up big win

Elsewhere Arsenal thrashed West Ham 5-0. Chloe Kelly scored twice in the game to secure the victory. Arsenal are still fourth in the league, but manager Renee Slegers was delighted with Kelly’s performance.

“I’m very happy with that, of course,” she said. “I think if you see Chloe at her very best and I think she’s showing that the last two games, she’s such an important player for us. She also contributes in different ways.

“And then you see that when she was away with injury and also at the start of the season, not really being herself and not being physically comfortable, but now she is and she’s in a great place- physically, mentally, performing so well for some games now. We’re so happy to have her back now.”

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Chelsea draw with London City

Chelsea lost ground in the title race, only managing a 1-1 draw against the London City Lionesses. The Blues are now nine points behind Manchester City with only four games left of the season.

Manager Sonia Bompastor was aware that a result like that is not good enough in a title race: “We’re frustrated about the result for sure. We took a point today, and in the title race, every game is important. So not a good result.”

Man Utd beat Everton

Manchester United beat Everton 2-1, and are second in the league. It was a game with a thrilling finale, as United were winning 1-0 for most of it before Everton equalised via Inma Gabarro in the 90th minute.

The action wasn’t finished there though as Marc Skinner’s side managed a last-gasp winner courtesy of striker Melvine Malard in the 94th minute.

There were brilliant scenes of celebration at full-time and Skinner said: “I’d say it’s an epic win because if I took you through the week, we’ve lost the cup final which is devastating, everyone feels that.

“To then be leading and to go [to 1-1] late, which I thought was a good goal by Everton, but [the] very little they had in the game… and then to come and win it in the end, I think it’s an epic win with fantastic credit to the players.”

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