Chloe Kelly stars in opening win for Manchester City but Chelsea have to settle for a point at Manchester United
Manchester City’s two new imported United States World Cup winners may be the talk of the town but Sam Mewis and Rose Lavelle are not the only stellar signings made by Gareth Taylor this summer. At a time when the Etihad Campus rumour mill buzzes with suggestions that Lucy Bronze is on the brink of returning to City from Lyon, Chloe Kelly’s arrival from Everton went slightly under radar. Or at least it did until she began dancing down the left wing at Villa Park and everyone could see precisely why the 22-year-old is now part of the England squad. With Mewis’s superior one-touch passing suggesting she is already at home, Lavelle emerging from quarantine, Bronze’s homecoming possibly imminent and much more to come from Georgia Stanway – the scorer of both visiting goals – Taylor’s team seem capable of pushing Chelsea all the way in the title race. Louise Taylor
Continue reading…Chloe Kelly stars in opening win for Manchester City but Chelsea have to settle for a point at Manchester UnitedManchester City’s two new imported United States World Cup winners may be the talk of the town but Sam Mewis and Rose Lavelle are not the only stellar signings made by Gareth Taylor this summer. At a time when the Etihad Campus rumour mill buzzes with suggestions that Lucy Bronze is on the brink of returning to City from Lyon, Chloe Kelly’s arrival from Everton went slightly under radar. Or at least it did until she began dancing down the left wing at Villa Park and everyone could see precisely why the 22-year-old is now part of the England squad. With Mewis’s superior one-touch passing suggesting she is already at home, Lavelle emerging from quarantine, Bronze’s homecoming possibly imminent and much more to come from Georgia Stanway – the scorer of both visiting goals – Taylor’s team seem capable of pushing Chelsea all the way in the title race. Louise Taylor Continue reading…
