Live Updates: Giants Manchester City take on Leicester in Perth International Football Cup
Some of the biggest teams in women’s football have descended on Perth as Mary Fowler’s Manchester City take on Women’s Super League rivals Leicester City.
Matildas duo Alanna Kennedy and Fowler will hope to get City through to the winner’s final on Sunday while fellow Matilda Courtney Nevin has been omitted for Leicester.
Follow all the action live!
Key Events
Goodbye for now
Well there you have Man City take it on penalties some moments of brilliance throughout the game but lacked that final egde. We’ll be back for West Ham and PSG tomorrow until then bye for now.
Giners crossed we don’t have any more technical difficulties.
MAN CITY WIN
Vivianne Miedema buries a goal on debut to win the match for City 4-3 on penalties.
She was excellent since she came on as sub and deserved that after she should have won a penalty in extra time.
City now await the winner of PSG and West Ham tomorrow
GOAL
Deanne Rose sends her penalty in off the post and now it’s up to Miedema to win it for City.
SAVE
Is there a twist here as Hasegawa’s shot is saved by Leitzig who reads the shot well.
GOAL
She does just.... She goes tops and Yamashita gets a glove to it but it sneaks under the crossbar to keep it alive for Leicester.
GOAL
Aoba Fujino goes right Leitzig goes left and it’s 3-1 to City Takarda has to score now
SAVE
Sophie Howard goes bottom left and Yamshita gets her fingertips to it to push it onto the post to make it 2-1 to City.
GOAL
Fowler buries it into the back of the net. No chance for Leitzig to stop that
GOAL
Lena Petermann sens Yamashita the wrong way and it’s 1-1 with Mary Fowler up next!
GOAL
Bunny Shaw shoots bottom left corner and Leitzig quite get there. 1-0 to City
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