LONDON, CMC – Reggae Lady Khadija “Bunny” Shaw has described Sunday’s 5-1 thrashing of Liverpool as a “group effort” regardless of scoring her third hat-trick of the Ladies’s Tremendous League season.
The 26-year-old adopted up comparable feats in opposition to Tottenham and Everton final 12 months by scoring within the thirty second, first-half stoppage, and the 56th minute, the hosts coming from one aim down at Metropolis’s Joie Stadium to notch their eighth win of the 12 months and transfer into second behind leaders Chelsea.
“We spoke final 12 months [and said] that we needed to complete the 12 months robust, and coming into this 12 months, we needed to start out the 12 months robust, and I feel total it was a group effort,” stated Shaw, who moved her objectives tally for the season to 12.
“We scored many objectives tonight and received the three factors, so it was a great day.”
Taking part in in tough wet circumstances within the northwest, Metropolis fell behind within the fifteenth minute to Taylor Hinds’s audacious lob earlier than parity was restored when Gemma Bonner turned the ball into her nets 4 minutes later.
The Spanish City-born Shaw then took the sport by the scruff of its neck, scoring the following three earlier than Chloe Kelly netted a controversial penalty within the 78th to cap off the comeback.
Shaw rapidly praised the Metropolis followers for his or her help, particularly in attempting circumstances.
“[The weather] was tough. I feel it received worse within the second half, however we knew that and tried to play longer passes, and I feel that’s simply part of how we play and what we wish to do,” she stated.
“They (followers) are all the time good. They’re all the time like our twelfth man – we all the time say that – particularly after we’re drained and have tough moments. They assist push us over the road, and I feel they performed a component tonight.”
The Metropolis will flip its consideration to neighbors Manchester United on Wednesday within the FA League Cup, and Shaw stated she was already relishing the problem.
“We’re wanting ahead to that sport,” she stated.
“Clearly, after we play United, it’s all the time a giant sport, and we simply must construct from this and maintain the momentum going, and hopefully, we will get the job achieved in opposition to United on Wednesday.”
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