A Becky Spencer own-goal inside the opening five minutes, plus goals from Janine Beckie and Caroline Weir, claimed a deserved and vital three points at the Hive, as Gareth Taylor‘s side clinched our 12th successive league victory to keep pace with league leaders Chelsea.
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With just three WSL games remaining and the division’s top two set to meet at the Academy Stadium later this month, the title race stands in City’s hands.
The professional manner of victory in London provided another statement of the visitors’ title credentials, as the away side - without captain Steph Houghton and Champions League winners Lucy Bronze and Alex Greenwood - dominated from the off, keeping an eighth clean sheet in ten games in the process.
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