Despite going behind within a minute of play, Gareth Taylor's Manchester City side buried Reading 4-1 at the Academy Stadium on Sunday, with Chloe Kelly, Khadija Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Steph Houghton finding the back of the net in typical City fashion.
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen's early goal stunned the 3,000-strong crowd but City boss Taylor wasn't worried. “I thought the way we responded was great, we were a bit sloppy at the beginning," he said. "We didn't deal with the situation very well but I felt once we got back to 1-1 then we would win the game, I was really confident.”
Kelly Chambers’ side fought for their lives as they sit bottom of the top tier. Chambers said of the loss: “City haven't lost here in 17, so when the goal went in, we were like 'okay, this is an interesting start'. I think everybody would have been a bit like 'oh, what's happening here'.”
