Manchester City Women’s head coach Gareth Taylor has agreed on a one-year extension to stay at the club. Taylor’s contract was slated to expire at the conclusion of the current campaign, but following fruitful discussions with City’s new director of women’s football Nils Nielsen, he is likely to prolong his stay even if he hasn’t signed anything just yet. After losing to Manchester United on Sunday, City fell to fourth place in the WSL, 11 points behind Chelsea, with only one game remaining. Taylor’s team is expected to finish fourth unless they defeat the Toffees, Arsenal loses at home to Aston Villa, and there is an 11-goal swing in goal differential. City’s last game of the season comes at home against Everton on Saturday.
Since they were fifth in 2014, City’s fourth-place performance in the WSL would be their worst. After stepping down from his position as head coach of the City men’s U18s team, Gareth Taylor was appointed in the summer of 2020 as Manchester City head coach . Just months after taking over, he guided City to victory in the FA Cup final, which had been postponed from the previous season due to Covid. He also won the League Cup the previous year.
On Saturday’s last day of the season, Manchester United and Chelsea will battle it out for the WSL championship. Just two points separate Chelsea and Manchester United at the summit after a thrilling penultimate weekend of the season as a topsy-turvy campaign draws to a close. After defeating Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday, Chelsea knew that a Man Utd blunder against Man City at home would give them a fourth consecutive victory. The race went to a final day, nevertheless, thanks to a heroic victory by Lucia Garcia.
In order to discover if Chelsea can win another league championship, you can watch their game versus Reading live on Sky Sports on Saturday. But what are Man Utd’s requirements for their first WSL championship? To win the WSL for a fourth consecutive year, Chelsea only has to defeat bottom-dwelling Reading, and most likely even a point will be enough. Man Utd must defeat Liverpool on Saturday and hope Chelsea loses at Reading, or draws at Reading with a six-goal swing factored in.
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