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Manchester City were last in action in the Subway® Women's League Cup in what was an enthralling encounter away at Newcastle United on Sunday 19 October.
The Citizens looked like they were heading towards three points in the north east as they had a 3-1 advantage heading into the final ten minutes, but Newcastle stunned their higher-league opponents and salvaged a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes. Manchester City went on to claim an extra point in Group A, winning 7-6 in the penalty shootout.
This came after they secured a late 2-1 success at Liverpool in the WSL. It was Aoba Fujino who came up with the goods in the 86th minute at Anfield, completing a comeback after Cornelia Kapocs gave the Reds a second-half lead.
That was the Citizens’ fifth successive league victory of the season - showing a positive response to their opening-day defeat away at reigning champions Chelsea in September. So, bar the loss against Sonia Bompastor’s side, it’s been a positive start to life for Andrée Jeglertz in Manchester, who took charge of the Citizens in the summer.
He inherited a squad that experienced a season of change last term, as they parted ways with then head coach Gareth Taylor just five days before their Subway® Women’s League Cup final with Chelsea in March before finishing fourth in the WSL.
It was interim boss Nick Cushing who took charge in the dugout at Pride Park Stadium against the Blues in the first showpiece of the season. He saw his side fall behind early on, but Fujino levelled proceedings in the 66th minute. However, a Yui Hasegawa own-goal 13 minutes from time handed Chelsea the trophy.