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direct to your inboxManchester City Women boss Gareth Taylor hailed Chloe Kelly for providing the ‘spark’ for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title-chasers in their narrow win over Everton Women.City endured a largely frustrating afternoon against a stubborn visiting outfit and entered the final 10 minutes deadlocked at 0-0. But Keira Walsh found the vital breakthrough with a fine 81 st -minute finish and Taylor had fond words for both the goalscorer and in-form Kelly – who joined City from Everton last year – after the final whistle.

direct to your inboxManchester City Women manager Gareth Taylor says Sam Mewis missing the SheBelieves Cup was a blessing in disguise as she fired them to a 4-0 win over Birmingham City Wmewis omen.The USWNT star suffered an injury in national team training camp in January  and watched on as Vlatko Andonovski’s side retained their SheBelieves title. Mewis was given time to regain full fitness and bagged a brace on her return as City closed in on Chelsea at the summit of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League.

direct to your inboxManchester City Women head coach Gareth Taylor believes US star Abby Dahlkemper has already settled in despite barely training with her new side.City found their shooting boots once again as they recorded a 4-0 win over West Ham United in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League. The match marked the first involvement of World Cup winner Dahlkemper, who made her debut start for the club, and Taylor has been impressed with his new signing.“I was always planning on introducing Abby at some point today,” Taylor said.

direct to your inboxGareth Taylor heaped praise on Chloe Kelly as Manchester City Women netted seven goals for the second successive week. After a 7-0 victory over Aston Villa last weekend in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League, City followed it up with a 7-1 win away at Brighton & Hove Albion.

direct to your inboxManchester City Women ran riot against Aston Villa in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League recording a 7-0 victory.Lauren Hemp scored a first-half double while Jill Scott, Georgia Stanway, Ellen White and Chloe Kelly got on the scoresheet, as well as Natalie Haigh’s own goal. It was a much-changed team for City, who were without several players, while Alan Mahon took charge with Gareth Taylor isolating at home.

City, who had been relentless in the opening 45 minutes, could have been further ahead but for a mixture of wayward finishing and some good last-ditch defending. Manager Gareth Taylor tasked his side with keeping the same levels of performance up, but it turned out to be Stoney's United players who reacted better to their half time team talk."I take full responsibility for the first half," Stoney told BT Sport.

straight to your inboxFormer Juve man Maresca appointed EDS head coachEnzo Maresca is the new head coach of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad. The move is part of an ongoing reshuffle at Academy level , with Maresca taking the role having most recently been assistant manager to Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham United.

straight to your inboxManchester City have brought in Manuel Pellegrini ’s former assistant Enzo Maresca as the new head coach of their elite development squad.The post was vacated in June by Paul Harsley, and the Blues have given the job to 40-year-old Italian Maresca, whose senior career started at West Brom but also took in Juventus – where he won Serie A in 2002, Fiorentina and Sevilla, with whom he won two Uefa Cups.The appointment is part of a re-structure of the City academy, with Carlos Vicens stepping up to be under-18 head coach - he was previously assistant to Gareth Taylor, who has taken the top job in the City women's team.The shuffle is set to be completed in October when former Feyenoord youth supremo Glenn van der Kraan is

straight to your inbox Manchester City put on a special trophy presentation at their training ground to mark the league title won by their U18s last season. Gareth Taylor's youngsters were closing in on the U18 Premier League North in March, 12 points clear of second-placed Liverpool with five games to play compared to the seven of their nearest rivals.

straight to your inboxManchester City Women have signed Rose Lavelle for the upcoming Women's Super League season, joining fellow US international Sam Mewis.Lavelle won the Bronze Ball in the 2019 World Cup to be named the third best player of the tournament, and scored in the final as the US won the trophy in France.The 25-year-old joined OL Reign this week from Washington Spirit, but signed a contract allowing her to play outside America. OL Reign will control her rights for when she returns to the US.Midfielder Lavelle joins Mewis and Everton striker Chloe Kelly in joining City this summer, as Gareth Taylor's side look to go one better than their second place finish in the curtailed WSL season in 2019/20.

Manchester City academy coach Gareth Taylor challenged his side to take the first step towards an U18 treble before their huge 6-0 win over Stoke to lift the Premier League Cup.