The Manchester City players Alex Greenwood described as “top”

Alex Greenwood
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City FC)

Manchester City kept their lead at the top of the Barclays Women’s Super League to six points with a 2-0 win over Everton.

Goals from Kerolin and Vivianne Miedema got the job done for Andree Jeglertz’s team.

And after the match, captain Alex Greenwood singled out Kerolin and Lauren Hemp for particular praise.

“For me, I’m stood behind Hempo and I just admire what I see in front of me and it’s the same for Kerolin. She was top today and they both are.

“How lucky are we to have two wingers like that and [have] even more options available. We’re blessed right now and those two were top today.”

Alex Greenwood: Small details are why we won

The Lioness was impressed with Everton’s set-up – but even more pleased with the way her team dealt with it.

“Tactically, Everton are really smart, they try to overload certain areas of the pitch which is sometimes difficult, but I thought we dealt with it really well today.

“The communication was really good, the tactical information we received before the game was spot on. They would always have moments when they got out, but our reaction to recover back and work hard as a team was superb today.

“Those small details are why we won.

“I don’t have any doubts [about our intensity] because I watch the training sessions all week and the intensity, considering we had a couple of weeks off, was top.

“I knew today we’d come in confident and with high intensity because I saw it all week in training and I had no doubts we’d have chances today and we were really solid when we had to defend.”

Andree Jeglertz: Manchester City are confident

Head coach Jeglertz was also pleased with what he saw.

“I think for us, we have a confidence now and every game you play has to be a good opportunity to show that you’re a good team, or a good player,” he said.

“Winning games is building the confidence even more and it’s something we’d like to keep on doing.”

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Carrie Dunn is a women's football writer. Her book 'Unsuitable for Females' was shortlisted for Football Book of the Year at the 2023 Sports Book Awards, and more recently 'Woman Up' was nominated for the 2024 Vikki Orvice Award for Women's Sport Writing. Her newest book 'Flying the Flag: The Footballing Heroines of the Home Nations Who Made History Abroad' is out now.