Bunny: Me and Leila have been working on that! | OneFootball

Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw explained she’s been working with Leila Ouahabi on the move which brought City’s equaliser in our win over Brighton.

After the Seagulls had taken the lead in the first half, the Spaniard whipped an inch-perfect cross into the box where the Jamaican striker impressively headed home on 58 minutes to level.

Yui Hasegawa’s strike on 74 minutes then sealed a 2-1 triumph - the Blues’ first of the 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League season.

And Shaw said she knew to be ready for Ouahabi’s delivery after their meticulous planning in the build-up to the clash with the south coast outfit.

"We spoke about it before the game when we found out she was starting, I told her I needed an assist,” she explained.

“We’ve been trying and working on it, so when she got it I knew I had to be there because I knew it was coming in.”

After losing narrowly to Chelsea in our opening assignment, City responded in the perfect manner to collect three points by fighting from behind to beat Brighton.

After finding ourselves a goal down at the interval, Andrée Jeglertz’s side rallied to seal a deserved victory while recording 19 total shots and 56% of possession.

But Shaw says she’s impressed with how City battled during the encounter with the Seagulls.

She added: “I think [grinding out results], that’s what we’ve got to do.

“Some games won’t go how we plan it, but we just have to find away to get the win if that means grinding it out to the final whistle that’s what we have to do.

“It showed our determination in this game and that’s something we have to keep building on, when games get tough, we have to find a way.”