Key Highlights
- Because at what point did we get here?
- When did City finally accept they are in a title race?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThere’s a relief that comes with this territory for City, shaking off footballing politeness and slipping into those comfy only-for-home joggers.
- No more claims that no one looks at the WSL table; that all eyes are on the next game and nothing more. The last time The Athletic analysed City’s title chances back in November, a mere point separated City from Chelsea.
- And while City were rightly sitting top, none of the top four looked convincing, which meant every fanbase barring Chelsea’s had consigned themselves to the notion that Chelsea would once again reign supreme. That fatalism wasn’t without logic.
- The sight of former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes publicly waving the white flag to City live on Sky Sports in May 2024 after her side’s 4-3 defeat to Liverpool in May with a mere three league matches to go lives long in the memory — mostly for how she then seized that flag two weeks later, twirled it around her head and discoed goodbye to the WSL with Chelsea’s fifth title on the trot secured. Six points separated City and Chelsea then.