Manchester City all but secured their place in the Women’s Champions League group stages as they demonstrated their class with a resounding away victory in the first leg of their qualifying tie against the French side Paris FC.
Gareth Taylor’s side were bizarrely unable to call upon their top goalscorer from last season, the Jamaica striker Khadija Shaw because, as revealed by the Guardian earlier on Wednesday, the club had failed to file a visa application in time for her to travel to France. However, in her absence, despite that rather embarrassing gaffe, the squad’s strength in depth in attack was clear to see as they confidently put five goals past the side that finished third in France’s top division last season. Not just that, their performance was fully deserving of such a wide margin of victory.
