Manchester City’s hopes of winning the WSL for the first time in eight years ended in despair at Villa Park. Despite this final-day victory they fell at the final hurdle as Chelsea clinched their fifth consecutive league title on goal difference. Mary Fowler opened the scoring before Rachel Daly equalised in the second half. Lauren Hemp poked home the winner late on but it was too little too late as far as the winning the league was concerned.
Manchester City have impressed this season with their notable consistency and goalscoring prowess. Those eye-catching winning streaks, however, will do little to console Gareth Taylor, who was full of “mixed emotions” after the final whistle. “I feel really proud of the team’s performance,” he said. “The mad thing is we could have scored double figures.”
