WSL round-up: Man City Survive Birmingham scare

Manchester City were made to work for a second successive WSL victory as they came from behind twice to beat a plucky Birmingham side 3-2 at St Andrew’s.

Gareth Taylor’s City could have been ahead inside five minutes, when Ellen White struck the post, and after Lauren Hemp and Caroline Weir had missed the target in a dominant opening period for the visitors, the Blues took the lead with 28 minutes on the clock, when Christie Murray swept home a penalty following a foul on Veatriki Sarri.

The visitors – who had thrashed Aston Villa 5-0 in their last outing on November 20 – responded in style when Georgia Stanway thumped in a superb equaliser from distance, but it was second-bottom Birmingham who then restored their lead as Louise Quinn found the net from inside the box.
Hemp then made it 2-2 at the break when she nodded in an inviting cross from Hayley Raso and while an organised Blues side held firm for the majority of the second half, they could not prevent White from slotting in after a cut-back from Khadija Shaw