MANCHESTER, England – Khadija Shaw delivered a ruthless reminder of Manchester City’s dominance at the summit of the Women’s Super League on Sunday, scoring four goals in a resounding 6-1 victory over Aston Villa to stretch City’s winning streak to 10 matches.
The emphatic success lifted City to 30 points from 11 games, opening a six-point cushion over second-placed Chelsea. The defending champions responded to last weekend’s end of their 34-match unbeaten league run by defeating Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 away. Arsenal, who beat Everton 3-1 on Saturday, sit third on 22 points.
Century mark reached with clinical precision
The Jamaican international etched her name into club history by becoming the first Manchester City women’s player to score 100 goals. Shaw reached the milestone in trademark fashion, finishing clinically from a Vivianne Miedema cross to open the scoring.
She doubled her tally just before halftime, placing City firmly in control and setting the stage for a second-half surge.
City pull away after the break
City continued to press after the interval, with Aoba Fujino finishing a swift counterattack shortly after the hour mark to make it 3-0. Aston Villa briefly threatened a response when Lucy Parker headed in for the visitors, but any hopes of a comeback were quickly extinguished.
Miedema restored City’s three-goal advantage with a simple tap-in, before Shaw returned to center stage late in the contest, adding two more goals to complete her four-goal haul.
The strikes took her personal tally to 103 goals in just 120 appearances across all competitions.
Villa slide as City’s march continues
The defeat left Aston Villa eighth in the standings on 13 points, while City’s relentless momentum continues to set the pace in the title race.
Elsewhere, Manchester United produced a dramatic comeback to salvage a 3-3 draw against Tottenham Hotspur, denying Spurs what would have been their first competitive victory over United.
Tottenham appeared to be cruising with a commanding 3-0 lead, but United sparked into life in the final quarter-hour. Ella Toone struck in the 74th minute, before Fridolina Rolfö netted twice, once in the 82nd minute and again deep into added time, to rescue a point.
The result left Spurs one place and one point behind United, with both teams locked in mid-table contention, United holding fifth place on 20 points.
Round-up of other results
In other WSL action, second-bottom West Ham United and basement side Liverpool shared a 2-2 draw, while Leicester City edged London City Lionesses 1-0 to secure a valuable victory.
The weekend once again underscored the league’s intensity, highlighted by Shaw’s historic brilliance and a late surge of drama in north London.
