Manchester City’s Rebecca Knaak scored an injury-time winner to give her side a nail-biting 1-0 home win over Liverpool and lay her hand on the Women’s Super League trophy for the first time since 2016.
City top the standings on 52 points with one game remaining and are out of reach of second-placed Chelsea, nine points behind, ahead of their clash with bottom side Leicester City later on Sunday.
Arsenal’s 7-0 win over Leicester in midweek left them in third place with 41 points, with four games remaining. Manchester City have a superior goal difference of seven.
The title race is now firmly in City’s hands and a win over West Ham United on May 16 will secure the title.
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City looked nervous in the opening match, as Liverpool came close to scoring through Aurelie Csillag’s header and Grace Fisk’s shot that hit the woodwork.
Andre Jeglertz’s side upped the tempo in the second half, forcing Liverpool’s Jennifer Falk to make an excellent reflex save to deny Kerolin just after the hour mark, and she made an even better one-handed stop in added time to prevent Bunny Shaw’s header from hitting the back of the net.
The home side finally broke the deadlock from the resulting corner when Knaak lost her marker and headed towards the bottom left corner, and for once Falk was found wanting as the ball curled over the line, much to the delight of the home crowd.
In London, Olivia Holt scored a stunning long-range shot for Tottenham Hotspur as they beat London City Lionesses 2-1 to stay comfortably in fifth place, while on Saturday fourth-placed Manchester United’s hopes of reaching the Champions League next season were dealt a blow as Brighton & Hove Albion were held to a 1-1 draw.
On Saturday, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace both secured promotion to the top tier, while third-placed Charlton Athletic would face Leicester City in a play-off to see who gets the final spot.
Published on May 3, 2026
