Lauren Hemp took a touch and slid the ball through to Mary Fowler, her sharp turn and finish opened the scoring inside 25 minutes at Villa Park.
Rachel Daly equalised, before Hemp ghosted towards the back post and poked home the winner, no less than what City deserved.
Despite matching our best-ever WSL points tally, Gareth Taylor’s side needed to better Chelsea’s result against Manchester United or win by three more goals than our title rivals to finish as champions.
But with Emma Hayes’ side winning 6-0 at Old Trafford, our result wasn’t enough to bring the WSL title back to Manchester, for this season at least.
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Steph Houghton was also introduced to the action before full-time, which drew a tremendous reception from both sets of fans, as our legendary captain played her final game before retirement.
View the best images from our FA Women’s Super League final day victory at Villa Park via the gallery below …
