Manchester City’s 1-1 tie with Aston Villa on Saturday showed that the home side succumbed to the same issues they had the first time around in their 4-3 season-opener defeat.
The expectation to repeat the goal fest from September hung palpably in the air when the Women’s Super League joint-top scorers went head-to-head. City's Khadija Shaw and Villa's Rachel Daly are on par with a nine-goal tally and both found the net at Villa Park, but neither managed to get on the score sheet at the weekend, to edge out the other.
Instead, Deyna Castellanos gave City the lead by slotting home a perfectly weighted through ball by Shaw for her first WSL goal. Minutes later Villa's Kirsty Hanson replied by hitting the ball over a diving Ellie Roebuck and Alanna Kennedy bringing it back to a stalemate just before the break, after which, remained a goalless second half.
