- City level with hosts on top of WSL after Shaw scores winner
- ‘It’s a big step for us. I knew the margins were going to be tight’
Gareth Taylor has spent a good deal of his coaching career trying to cling to the coattails of Emma Hayes. Perhaps this was why Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat of Chelsea, erasing the champions’ three-point lead in the Women’s Super League, felt like such a watershed. “It’s a big step for us,” Taylor said. “In the past we’ve been a bit soft defensively in these moments. I knew the margins were going to be tight. But confidence was high.”
Khadija Shaw’s early goal proved the decisive strike, but Taylor reserved his richest praise for a defence that has still conceded only eight goals all season and held off Chelsea in a stirring second-half rearguard. “We’ve added a bit of steeliness to our defending, we’ve worked on our set pieces a lot, and the spirit in the club is very good,” Taylor said. “Sometimes it’s hard for players to play the game and not the occasion.”
Continue reading…City level with hosts on top of WSL after Shaw scores winner‘It’s a big step for us. I knew the margins were going to be tight’Gareth Taylor has spent a good deal of his coaching career trying to cling to the coattails of Emma Hayes. Perhaps this was why Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat of Chelsea, erasing the champions’ three-point lead in the Women’s Super League, felt like such a watershed. “It’s a big step for us,” Taylor said. “In the past we’ve been a bit soft defensively in these moments. I knew the margins were going to be tight. But confidence was high.”Khadija Shaw’s early goal proved the decisive strike, but Taylor reserved his richest praise for a defence that has still conceded only eight goals all season and held off Chelsea in a stirring second-half rearguard. “We’ve added a bit of steeliness to our defending, we’ve worked on our set pieces a lot, and the spirit in the club is very good,” Taylor said. “Sometimes it’s hard for players to play the game and not the occasion.” Continue reading…
