Man City head into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup

Bunny Shaw heading in the third goal | photo taken from @mancitywomen on instagram 

Manchester City headed into the Quarter-Final stages of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup with goals from Leila Ouahabi, Kerolin and Bunny Shaw securing a 3-1 win against Leicester at the Joie Stadium. 

Manchester City started off brightly as they continued their cup winning form. Aoba Fujino was confident on the right side of the pitch crossing in multiple balls throughout the entirety of the 90 minutes.

Leicester also had chances from Hannah Cain but Manchester City were dominant in the first 45 minutes. 

18 minutes in, Spanish defender Leila Ouahabi opened the scoring for the blues after she slid the ball into the bottom left corner with a left footed shot.

Aoba Fujino crossed the ball into Kerolin but her effort was wide before scoring her first goal for Manchester City just 7 minutes later. 

Kerolin scored her first goal in sky blue just under 30 minutes into the match after her shot from the left side of the pitch saw the underside of the bar. The ball had slid in after she received the initial ball from England International Jess Park.

Just two minutes later, she was close to getting her second but it deflected off the post and Olivia Clark managed to get her hands to it. 

Aoba Fujino, Leila Ouahabi and Mary Fowler all had chances in the final 15 minutes of the first half but the Leicester goalkeeper did well to keep her team within it as the sides went in with City 2-0 up at the break. 

Half-time: Manchester City 2-0 Leicester City 

Both sides started off brightly with Leicester having chances but Ayaka Yamashita brought her experience in goal and comfortably saved them.

Just over 10 minutes into the first half, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw headed her first chance just over six yards out but found the hands of the Leicester goalkeeper with her goal of the afternoon coming just two minutes later. 

In the 59th minute, Bunny Shaw got her goal after she received the ball from Japanese International Aoba Fujino from the right side of the pitch. From around six yards out, she found the bottom right corner and scored Manchester City’s third. 

Leicester dominated the last 20 minutes of the game with the foxes even scoring their own. Missy Goodwin had an opportunity for Leicester from around 12 yards out but it blasted over the bar.

With 8 minutes of time to go, Ruby Mace crossed the ball from outside the box and Nelly Las found the bottom left corner from the right side of the pitch and reduced the deficit. 

Full-time score: Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City 

Both sides now head back to Women’s Super League action on Sunday 16th February with Manchester City hosting Liverpool at 6.45pm and Leicester host Aston Villa at 3pm. 

Teams: 

Manchester City: Yamashita, Aleixandri © (Wienroither 75’), Fowler (Shaw 46’), Roord (Blindkilde Brown 46’), Kerolin (Murphy 46’), Ouahabi, Park, Casparij (Layzell 46’), Fujino, Hasegawa, Knaak. 

Unused Substitutes: Keating, Miedema, Prior, Oyama. 

Scorers: Ouahabi (18’), Kerolin (29’), Shaw (59’)

Leicester City: Clark, Nevin, Tierney © (Sherwood 76’), Ale, Eiriksdottir (Goodwin 56’), Cain (Las 56’), Kees, Chossenotte (Kaczmar 64’), Momiki (Cayman 64’) Mace, Swaby. 

Unused Substitutes: Leipzig, Bott, Howard, Thibaud. 

Scorers: Las (82’)

Yellow Cards: Sari Kees (65’)