Matildas ace Mary Fowler has crashed home a late penalty but it was not enough to deliver a perfect Yuletide gift for Manchester City as they squandered a glorious opportunity to gain ground on Women's Super League champions Chelsea going into the Christmas break.
Fowler's 88th minute spot kick, which she blasted straight down the middle straight through the grasp of goalie Courtney Brosnan, gave City late hope on Sunday but it still proved too little too late as Everton beat City, remarkably, for the first time ever in the WSL.
City's shock 2-1 defeat proved a miserable afternoon for both their Matildas, with Fowler fairly anonymous for most of the rest of the match in an unaccustomed central striking role replacing the injured Khadija Shaw, while Alanna Kennedy simply had a match to forget.
