Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester City 1 Although Manchester United are in pole position to claim the WSL’s third European qualification spot, they will now certainly be looking over their shoulders after their local rivals Manchester City continued their ominous charge with a pivotal victory away at fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. Midfielder Caroline Weir's fifth goal in four club games was enough to see resurgent Manchester City build on 5 March’s League Cup final triumph and close the gap on the top three. Having been languishing low in the bottom half in October when they were beset by injuries, Manchester City have turned a corner since Christmas and have now won 12 of their past 14 games. That said, on Sunday, in truth they were fairly underwhelming against a resolute and well-organised Tottenham side on a fairly boggy pitch. But, as head coach Gareth Taylor emphasised, the importance of “winning ugly” is vital. “We've played miles better than that and not won, so we’ll take it for what it is at this stage of the season,” Taylor said. “We spoke about winning ugly today and that was pretty ugly, even the goal was a little bit scruffy, [but] it was important for… Read full this story
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