Manchester City Women made it two wins out of two on Sunday evening as they defeated Aston Villa Women 4-1 at Villa Park in an impressive showing in the second city.
Goals from Jade Rose, Mary Fowler, Bunny Shaw and an own goal from Mathilde Harviken ensured City were the only side with an 100% record going into this weekends round of matches and City boss, Andrée Jeglertz believes his side are on ‘a very good level’ following the first two Barclays Women’s Super League fixtures.
He said: “It’s very early, but we’ve played two games, we scored seven goals, created a lot of chances, so very pleased with that, but also the individual performance, a lot of players have already found relationships, a couple of new players coming in and they’re contributing to the team already in this early in September The relationships are growing, but we are on a very good level at the moment I think.”
“So far we have won both games, played good attacking football. I think a couple of situations in the defending that we need to be a little bit sharper in, but we are starting in a good way, but we also know we have played two rounds and it’s going to be a long season and we’re coming into a period now with a lot of games.”
. Resurgent Liverpool
Ahead of their visit to East Manchester, The Reds have had a brilliant start to their WSL season after former City boss Gareth Taylor has led his side to an unbeaten start following a win and a draw in their first two games and Jeglertz warned his players that they need to be aware of Liverpool’s attacking threat.
He said: “I definitely expect a team that is coming here, they did a good game against us in May. They have a couple of new players, but it’s mostly the same squad and the same coaching staff. They definitely know how to challenge us, so we need to take learning from that game, but we also are on a better level today I think.”
“We were good then, but I think we have done well so far. We are also on a good level. I definitely expect the team that is challenging us in their press, but also with the ball that they have some good attacking players that we need to be aware of.”
.Joy at The Joie
Andrée Jeglertz was appointed Manchester City Women Head Coach back in July 2025 and is yet to taste defeat in a league fixture at home, and the Swede highlighted how tough it was for opponents to come and take away the points.
He said: “Each game is a new opportunity to get three points, it’s a new challenge with a new opponent, every game lives its own life and if we have won 15 games at home, or three or whatever it almost doesn’t matter.
“We have good confidence coming in. We know it’s very difficult to play against us here. We have all the crowd with us and we are familiar with everything and we know that it’s very very tough to come here and take points and that confidence is something that we’re definitely going to use.”
.Centurion Hemp
Lauren Hemp reached 100 goal involvements for the Blues after she set up Bunny Shaw for City’s third after a stand out performance at Villa Park And City boss Andrée Jeglertz waxed lyrical about the 26-year-old winger.
He said: “I think what she is, how she enjoys playing football, the environment she’s having here with her teammates and everything here, she’s had all capacity to keep on developing and taking the next step, but just seeing what she is doing every week for us, it’s amazing and it’s a pleasure to work with that kind of player.”
