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At a glance
City's Vivianne Miedema opens scoring with her 90th WSL goal
Kelly Gago equalises with stunning flicked finish
Khadija Shaw nets winner as City go top of table
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Manchester City moved top of the Women's Super League with a hard-fought victory over Everton.
Chelsea dropped points on Saturday when they conceded a late equaliser against Arsenal, and City capitalised with a tenacious performance at Goodison Park to leapfrog the six-time defending WSL champions.
Vivianne Miedema gave visitors the lead in the 21st minute, but Kelly Gago wiped out that advantage when she skilfully flicked Toni Payne's cross past a dumbfounded Ayaka Yamashita.
Khadija Shaw restored the visitors' lead in the 55th minute, leaping above Rion Ishikawa to head home Leila Ouahabi's delivery.
The Toffees pushed hard in search of a second equaliser and City had the woodwork to thank for denying a long-range effort by Ornella Vignola, while Yamashita made a fine save from Hikaru Kitagawa.
Victory was City's seventh in a row and moved Andree Jeglertz's side a point clear of second-placed Chelsea.
Everton, meanwhile, drop to 10th and are just four points above West Ham in the relegation play-off zone.
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33M. Pacheco
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13H. Kitagawa
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31A. Yamashita
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15Leila Ouahabi
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20A. Fujino
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