LONDON, CMC – There are rising fears famous person Jamaican striker Khadija “Bunny” Shaw may miss Manchester Metropolis’s essential title run-in after limping out of final weekend’s 5-0 thrashing of West Ham.
Whereas the membership has supplied no replace on the 27-year-old’s standing, the actual fact she wore a protecting boot when leaving Metropolis’s Joie Stadium following Sunday’s sport has fueled hypothesis over her unavailability for the final three video games of the season.
Metropolis leads the Girls’s Tremendous League standings on 49 behinds, three away from title-holders Chelsea, who’ve a sport in hand.
They’re away to Bristol Metropolis on the weekend and host Arsenal on Might 5 earlier than wrapping up their marketing campaign with a visit to Aston Villa.
“I don’t know. It’s her foot, however we’re unsure,” Metropolis supervisor Gareth Taylor mentioned following Sunday’s sport.
“She was on crutches, which appears to be like horrible, however we should assess the scenario. If it’s extra extreme than we anticipate, we are going to take care of it.
“I believed Chloe (Kelly) got here on and did nicely and created good alternatives. We’ll discover out extra within the subsequent couple of days.”
Shaw scored a first-half brace, scoring within the third and twenty fourth minutes, to extend her tally for the season to a league-leading 21 objectives.
Nevertheless, she left the sport at half-time with Metropolis 3-0 up on the break, as he didn’t return.
“We determined to not take the chance; it was contact and go, and we have been not sure whether or not she would come again on,” Taylor mentioned.
“We have now to maintain going. There are three video games left. We have now to give attention to the following one and put it to mattress.
“We’ll evaluation as a staff, begin to construct up, and anticipate the sport to be related towards Bristol. We’re doing nicely and enjoying spectacular soccer. We have now a job to do.”
Behind Shaw’s kind, Metropolis have received a document 13 straight video games and are nicely poised to clinch their second league crown however first since 2016.
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