Manchester City became the latest team to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after they secured a 6-2 aggregate win over FC Copenhagen on Wednesday.
16.02.2024 - 22:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Anyone doubting Manchester City's title credentials need only have listened to Alex Greenwood.
The centre-back was, earlier this week, unabashed in her assessment of City's pedigree and their chances of usurping the Women's Super League's (WSL) perennial champions, Chelsea. "We're so strong mentally and go into every game thinking we can win," she said following the Blues' FA Cup fifth round triumph over Arsenal on Sunday.
"We want to win the league. In the past, we've said 'We'll see how it goes, we'll see what happens'. I'm not afraid to say it any more - I want to win the league and I want to go there and beat Chelsea.”
It was a bold assertion from the England defender, with Emma Hayes' side having won their previous 22 WSL home games ahead of Friday night's showdown in the capital. But if Greenwood was unnerved by that particular statistic, she was careful not to show it in the opening stages at Kingsmeadow, bullying Chelsea record signing Mayra Ramirez off the ball inside the first minute before putting her head in the way of Erin Cuthbert's goal-bound shot.
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And it wasn't long before the visitors had the opportunity to showcase their quality at the other end of the pitch, with the prodigious Jess Park deftly nicking the ball off Cuthbert and playing in Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw, who made no mistake with her cool finish past the on-rushing Hannah Hampton to notch her 14th league goal of the season.
In truth, the Jamaican could have had a hat-trick inside the first half-hour, rifling an effort narrowly wide of Hampton's post before drawing a smart save from the Chelsea goalkeeper with a fine right-footed
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