Bolton goalkeeping coach Matt Gilks believes Wanderers could prove a key proving ground for talent from Manchester City in the future as he feels the League One side are trying to emulate Pep Guardiola's men on a different level.
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Four goals are just the beginning for Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw said Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor as his team defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 7-2 in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League.
Shaw opened the scoring inside three minutes, as City opened a three-goal lead after 16 minutes only for Brighton to fight back to make it 3-2 at half-time.
The Jamaican international then netted her seventh and eighth BFA WSL goals of the season to move the game out of reach from Brighton and cement City’s Champions League spot.
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“We’ve got really good options at the top end of the pitch now; we have two really good strikers,” Taylor said. “Bunny [Shaw] is a really good finisher, she’s had a really good season, the levels for her to go up is huge.
“It would’ve been an exciting game to watch, definitely! At half-time looking at that and thinking two teams having a right go, for a neutral watching it would be really exciting.”
Shaw found the net twice in the opening 12 minutes before Caroline Weir, who has been linked with a move to Spain, made it three as she pounced on a loose ball to rifle home from close range.
Brighton mounted a comeback first through an Inessa Kaagman penalty before Julia Zigiotti Olme reduced the deficit to just one on the stroke of half-time. But that was Brighton’s last goalmouth action of the game as Manchester City ran riot in the second half.
Shaw got her hat-trick on 57 minutes, before netting her fourth four minutes later having been set up by Lauren Hemp on her 100 th appearance for City. Caroline Weir then set up the final two goals for the home side, Alex Greenwood heading home from a Weir corner before Hemp worked a tight
Bolton goalkeeping coach Matt Gilks believes Wanderers could prove a key proving ground for talent from Manchester City in the future as he feels the League One side are trying to emulate Pep Guardiola's men on a different level.
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