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08.05.2022 - 18:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor was thrilled his side secured a place in next season’s Champions League—but was less enthused about his squad’s performance in their 4-0 win at Reading on Sunday.
Lauren Hemp, Khadija Shaw, Ellen White and Alex Greenwood all netted for the visitors on the final day of the Barclays FA WSL season.
But whilst Chelsea celebrated their third consecutive title at Kingsmeadow, Taylor was left wondering if third-placed City might have done more.
“It was job done,” he said.
“I think the performance was good in spells and I thought Julie Blakstad came in and played with maturity for a young player – probably not her favourite position.
“I thought we scored some good goals and could have arguably scored a few more in the second half, but we were a little bit rushed in the final action. We were really pleased to get the job over the line to qualify for next season’s Champions League.”
The first chance fell to the visitors inside the opening four minutes as Greenwood played an exquisite ball to set Hemp away into acres of space.
The 21-year-old launched a bursting run and glided a low-driving cross but Reading’s Rachel Rowe comfortably cleared the danger.
Reading goalkeeper Grace Moloney pulled off a fantastic save to keep her side in the game before Georgia Stanway struck a fierce effort towards goal which was parried away by Moloney.
City continued to create better attacking opportunities in the first half, Hemp skipping her way past two Reading players on the right flank and firing an effort just wide into the side netting.
They took the lead in the 33 rd minute when Keira Walsh clipped an inch-perfect pass into Hemp, who did superbly well to dink her effort past Moloney, and doubled their
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