When Caroline Weir came off the bench in the first of back-to‑back Manchester derbies three weeks ago and found herself, six minutes later, in an almost identical position to the one the Manchester City midfielder was in for her Puskas award‑nominated chip last year, it was all instinct.
“At practice, when I see that area just outside the box, on that angle, it’s subconscious that I always try a little dink,” the 26-year-old says. “I try it in training and in every match-day warm-up, in the shooting. It’s something I practise a lot so when I tried it again, I wasn’t overly surprised. They definitely don’t all come off.”
