:00:42. > :00:48.Good evening. A busy bank holiday in the Women's Super League: Manchester
:00:49. > :00:51.City looking to make it five wins in a row this afternoon and it remains
:00:52. > :00:55.to be seen if they will get their hands on the WSL one trophy although
:00:56. > :01:01.one of their players has got their hands on some silverware. The
:01:02. > :01:14.women's PFA players Player of the Year. Christensen! City lead. Isabel
:01:15. > :01:20.Christiansen with the header. It may fall for Christiansen mussel!
:01:21. > :01:23.Christiansen with the header. It may fall for Christiansen She doesn't
:01:24. > :01:29.miss those. It's another quality finish from Isabel Christiansen. --
:01:30. > :01:36.it may fall for Christiansen! The players Player of the Year, Isabel
:01:37. > :01:41.Christiansen. Yes, we are delighted to be joined by the newly crowned
:01:42. > :01:44.PFA Player of the Year, Isabel Christiansen. Plenty to get through
:01:45. > :01:50.with her and former Everton team-mate, Rachel Brown Finis as
:01:51. > :01:53.well. We begin in Manchester, Isabel may be injured but her City
:01:54. > :01:57.counterparts are trying to maintain a 100% record with victory over a
:01:58. > :02:05.Doncaster team still searching for their first points of season.
:02:06. > :02:07.COMMENTATOR: A slow start to last season ultimately scuppered
:02:08. > :02:11.Manchester City's title challenge, with four wins and four clean sheets
:02:12. > :02:16.so far they've not make the same mistake this time. Toni Duggan
:02:17. > :02:19.stepped off the bench and stored straightaway at Sunderland on Friday
:02:20. > :02:25.night so has earned a recall in the only change for City -- scored
:02:26. > :02:30.straightaway. Jane Ross is the top scorer with four so far. Glenn
:02:31. > :02:36.Harris has brought experience back into his defence following the 2-1
:02:37. > :02:42.defeat at Birmingham. Simpkins and Roberts replacing, and Tierney --
:02:43. > :03:04.replacing, dot-macro placing Gummer. Harris. Picking out Bronze! And Lucy
:03:05. > :03:09.Bronze scored the opening goal. It hasn't taken Manchester City very
:03:10. > :03:13.long. Lucy Bronze with her first of the season. She always provided so
:03:14. > :03:18.much energy down the right-hand side and now she has added the finish as
:03:19. > :03:22.well. Harris with another assist and it's an uphill battle for the
:03:23. > :03:27.Doncaster bells already. It failed to get anything from this game, the
:03:28. > :03:33.Doncaster Belles need to score against Manchester City for the
:03:34. > :03:37.first time this season. They are sending a second goal already here.
:03:38. > :03:45.Stokes with the cross. Scrambled parents as far as Scott! And there's
:03:46. > :03:49.the second goal. The Doncaster Belles paying a heavy price for not
:03:50. > :03:56.clearing the initial ball from Spokes. It sat up nicely for Jill
:03:57. > :03:58.Scott and two goals in three minutes looks to have set Manchester City on
:03:59. > :04:19.the way -- from Stokes. Strong play. Jill Scott keeping the
:04:20. > :04:24.ball in play and the flick! Almost a delightful third from Jane Ross.
:04:25. > :04:28.Smart saved by Nicola Hobbs. Ross has been the striker in form so far
:04:29. > :04:38.for Manchester City and that would have been an audacious goal.
:04:39. > :04:45.The clearance and Bronze with the stabbed shot which was blocked.
:04:46. > :04:52.Bronze again, Harris again, and a good save from Hobbs and the
:04:53. > :04:57.clearance from Barker. Nicola Hobbs has now made two really fine saves
:04:58. > :05:05.in the game. The latest from Paris's header.
:05:06. > :05:13.Paris, off the bar, and it is in from Ross. The third goal has
:05:14. > :05:20.finally arrived. It's Jane Ross, yet again this season, number five for
:05:21. > :05:28.her. Beatty and then Paris, the woodwork intervened. But Ross was
:05:29. > :05:34.alert to the opportunity. We finally have a scoreline more reflective of
:05:35. > :05:41.the balance of play, 3-0. Manchester City have three. They could have had
:05:42. > :05:50.half a dozen in the first half. Ross picking out as Lani! And it's off
:05:51. > :05:58.the line by Little. -- Asllani. As Lani's wait for a goal goes on. The
:05:59. > :06:04.corner drifted in towards Beattie! And that is 4-0. Jennifer Beattie
:06:05. > :06:09.with the towering header and Manchester City's dominance of this
:06:10. > :06:14.game remains absolute. She was involved in the third and she has
:06:15. > :06:15.scored the fourth. This is turning into a horrible afternoon for the
:06:16. > :06:32.Doncaster Belles. It remains one-way traffic. Here is
:06:33. > :06:37.Paris, and it is five! Kosovare Asllani finally has her goal, one of
:06:38. > :06:43.the biggest stars in European football opening her account in WSL.
:06:44. > :06:54.It is a tap in but it will mean a lot to the Swedish international.
:06:55. > :07:01.Another decent delivery. Smuggled away at the near post. The clearance
:07:02. > :07:07.off the line, and it is played back in and off the bar again! It is
:07:08. > :07:09.Paris for a second time. But this time there was nobody to apply the
:07:10. > :07:23.finishing touch. Beattie stepping in and that's a
:07:24. > :07:27.good ball, Duggan is waiting in the centre and she makes it six.
:07:28. > :07:35.Welcomer Toni Duggan has had to wait a long time for a goal today --
:07:36. > :07:39.well, Toni Duggan. Paris again with the assist. She's been involved with
:07:40. > :07:50.so many of the goals so far. Duggan was able to tuck in her second in
:07:51. > :07:58.two games. The ball from Scott. Here is Bronze, Duggan in support. It
:07:59. > :08:02.comes to Toni Duggan. Bronze with the shot! Manchester City have hit
:08:03. > :08:08.the bar again. That's the final action of the game. Manchester City
:08:09. > :08:15.scoring six, but there could have easily been ten here today.
:08:16. > :08:21.Emphatic stuff, five straight wins in the league this season, 13 goals
:08:22. > :08:26.scored, none conceded, where is it going wrong? First and foremost, the
:08:27. > :08:30.clean sheet is important because if you don't concede, you can't lose
:08:31. > :08:35.the game and that has been at the forefront of our plans over three
:08:36. > :08:39.years, to be solid at the back. And going forward, you can say we are
:08:40. > :08:43.floating at the moment, the forwards are on form and full of confidence
:08:44. > :08:47.and when you have that with a solid defence, you are destined for some
:08:48. > :08:50.success now and again. And they are doing it without you, the Player of
:08:51. > :08:56.the Year! Worried about getting back in! Suddenly, I'm doing the extra
:08:57. > :09:00.hours in the gym at the moment but the girls are doing a fantastic job.
:09:01. > :09:07.What is the key to the victory today for City? As good as City were, and
:09:08. > :09:11.we know about their rampaging full-backs and how they get up the
:09:12. > :09:17.pitch, I think the Doncaster players are struggling, they had players out
:09:18. > :09:21.of position. Square pegs in round holes, two central midfielders
:09:22. > :09:29.playing at full-back. We can see how Parris has pace to burn and she gave
:09:30. > :09:35.a torrid time for the defence. Such a simple finish, Lucy Bronze joining
:09:36. > :09:40.in. Jane Ross came off the front line, turning, and Parris gave her,
:09:41. > :09:46.-- if you give her 1-yard she's going to burn you and it was a
:09:47. > :09:52.simple tap in. That's what Manchester City have been forging in
:09:53. > :09:55.every game this season. Is that something you would say that
:09:56. > :10:00.Manchester City are working on? Certainly, we do a lot of work on
:10:01. > :10:04.the training field in exploiting spaces and adding extra numbers
:10:05. > :10:09.where we can. We can see Parris getting behind the back line and
:10:10. > :10:15.providing a fabulous assist for Toni Terrible start for Doncaster, the
:10:16. > :10:20.goal difference, -10 and they have just been promoted. You talk about
:10:21. > :10:24.square pegs in round holes, but why have they got that at the start of
:10:25. > :10:27.the season? It isn't that they are having to fill players in at
:10:28. > :10:32.full-back, they have started the season with two central midfielders
:10:33. > :10:36.playing in the left and right back positions. They are really basic
:10:37. > :10:43.errors. Looking at the analysis, not only the back line is disjointed,
:10:44. > :10:46.individual marking is really poor, and we see Manchester City playing
:10:47. > :10:51.one, two touch football, holding the ball well. There are seven players
:10:52. > :10:57.with their backs to the eventual goal-scorer, Jill Scott. When the
:10:58. > :11:03.ball gets to her, she is in yards of space, she has time to bring the
:11:04. > :11:08.ball down. Not a bad finish. Fantastic finish, she scored one in
:11:09. > :11:11.the last season, the one before that, and I'm delighted for her to
:11:12. > :11:16.have scored. Doncaster have struggled with set pieces, we know
:11:17. > :11:19.that they can win or lose games and today wasn't the deciding are for
:11:20. > :11:24.them but they don't mark placed tightly enough. Beattie pretty much
:11:25. > :11:30.getting a free header, getting away from Little. Simple bodycheck by the
:11:31. > :11:36.Doncaster Belles are sinking and they need to improve quickly.
:11:37. > :11:39.Brilliant to have you in the studio, the PFA Player of the Year. We heard
:11:40. > :11:44.about how honoured you are to have it and is a wonderful achievement,
:11:45. > :11:50.especially bearing in mind that you world one of the Lionesses. How is
:11:51. > :11:55.it coming together for you now? There is no secret, many
:11:56. > :12:01.professionals will know, you have to put in the hours and I did that. I
:12:02. > :12:06.think that is while the girls were in Canada, I wanted to be out there,
:12:07. > :12:09.I was sick of people asking me why I wasn't there, I felt I had to change
:12:10. > :12:13.something and I did that and I made a very good environment to do so.
:12:14. > :12:19.Congratulations, pleased for you. Your team-mates seem to be as well.
:12:20. > :12:24.Moving on now to a couple of teams in transition, Notts County and
:12:25. > :12:27.Liverpool meeting at Meadow Lane. For some clubs, investment brings
:12:28. > :12:33.immediate success but it hasn't been black and white for Notts County.
:12:34. > :12:37.Since rebranding two years ago many have cited the Lady Pies as dark
:12:38. > :12:43.horses but the sustained challenge for the WSL one title hasn't
:12:44. > :12:47.materialised, the loss in the cup final adding to the frustration. An
:12:48. > :12:50.overhaul at Liverpool has helped to secure back-to-back titles but an
:12:51. > :12:54.exodus of talent left them fighting at the wrong end of the table last
:12:55. > :13:01.season and further departures have raised questions about their
:13:02. > :13:07.credentials for 2016. COMMENTATOR: Both teams are really desperate for
:13:08. > :13:14.a platform for growth. Each perhaps will have been targeting this
:13:15. > :13:21.fixture to achieve that. It should make it a fascinating watch at
:13:22. > :13:25.Meadow Lane. Ellen White's return from suspension. Big boost for Notts
:13:26. > :13:28.County. She scored three times against Liverpool last season.
:13:29. > :13:40.Another player coming back, the Liverpool burden forum two Liverpool
:13:41. > :13:46.born Fern Whelan -- Liverpool born Fern Whelan. Nine new players signed
:13:47. > :13:50.by Liverpool in the off-season, seven of them starting today. Only
:13:51. > :13:59.one change to the team beginning last week's defeat to Chelsea, with
:14:00. > :14:08.Laura Coombs preferred. Greenwood recently left Notts County for
:14:09. > :14:16.Liverpool. Liverpool looking to stretch the play here. A good ball
:14:17. > :14:24.by Harding. Arriving in the penalty area for Liverpool. Only just off
:14:25. > :14:30.target from Rosie White. Instinctively she swung her leg at
:14:31. > :14:38.it and it wasn't far away. This is van. Another Dutch international in
:14:39. > :14:51.the Liverpool setup cars Vandenberg -- Vandenberg. Not far away.
:14:52. > :15:10.Nice ball for Rachel Yankey. It is brilliant! Lovely Notts County goal.
:15:11. > :15:15.Typical Rachel Yankey. Ellen White getting wide in the middle, always
:15:16. > :15:16.available for those crosses. She knew that Ellen White would be
:15:17. > :15:33.there. Rachel Yankey. Jessica Clarke in the
:15:34. > :15:48.middle. And she might get to this! Just could not get it on target. But
:15:49. > :15:58.great ball over. Picked up by Jessica Clarke. She
:15:59. > :16:03.goes alone! Sensational! She is on fire right now, Jessica Clarke, and
:16:04. > :16:09.she just proved it. A wonderful girl. Third in the league this
:16:10. > :16:29.season. Nice touch by Ellen White. The
:16:30. > :16:32.referee pointing to the spot. A penalty for a full and an
:16:33. > :16:39.opportunity for them to get back into this. Amy Turner got something
:16:40. > :16:50.to the ball, we are looking at it in slow motion. Crucial moment in the
:16:51. > :16:58.game. Callaghan -- Caroline Weir for Liverpool. It is an opportunity
:16:59. > :17:04.squandered. Bring it forward for Notts County. Ellen White will need
:17:05. > :17:13.support. Rachel Yankey making a run towards the penalty area. Wonderful!
:17:14. > :17:18.What a goal from Ellen White! A moment to remember. Players arriving
:17:19. > :17:32.in the middle but she did not need them. It is three now for Notts
:17:33. > :17:38.County. Lovely ball, Shanice Van de Sanden getting on the move. Support
:17:39. > :17:50.comes in the shape of Emma Lundh. The referee pointing to the spot,
:17:51. > :18:06.the second penalty for Liverpool. Expertly taken. Katie Zelem. Her
:18:07. > :18:12.first WSL goal of the season. Liverpool trying to force the issue.
:18:13. > :18:21.A good ball for Katie Zelem and it is in! It is another! Katie Zelem.
:18:22. > :18:31.And Liverpool have a chance to rescue a point. Two quickfire goals.
:18:32. > :18:37.For 80 minutes we were top-class. The way and played a really good.
:18:38. > :18:41.Apart from the last five or ten minutes when we did not manage the
:18:42. > :18:46.game well. But we can analyse the game tomorrow, but for today, a good
:18:47. > :18:50.performance and three points. Today we probably were not good
:18:51. > :18:53.enough and we could have taken a point but probably did not deserve
:18:54. > :18:58.it. Honesty from Scott Rogers. The
:18:59. > :19:03.wayside, Liverpool, had two thirds of possession but Notts County had
:19:04. > :19:07.the players to do the damage on the counter.
:19:08. > :19:12.Two thirds of possession Liverpool had counted for nothing. Notts
:19:13. > :19:15.County have terrific players, it all starts in the midfield. But three in
:19:16. > :19:22.midfield with Laura Bassett almost a holding role, working at play, that
:19:23. > :19:26.was effective all day. Both defensively and in attack. Laura
:19:27. > :19:33.Bassett breaking up the pattern of play. The same thing again, the
:19:34. > :19:37.triangle. All within ten yards of each other. If one does not win it
:19:38. > :19:42.then the next is there. Laura Bassett with the break-up play,
:19:43. > :19:47.Rachel Yankey has the poise and composure just to find Ellen White
:19:48. > :19:54.who is that typical forward, ready and alert in the box. Again Laura
:19:55. > :20:02.Bassett, the three of them, in midfield. Initially broken up but
:20:03. > :20:08.Laura Bassett wins the ball and a quick counter. Lovely ball through
:20:09. > :20:14.from Danielle Buet. Ellen White in acres of space. And what about this
:20:15. > :20:20.for a finish. Did really well to cut inside and she should be proud of
:20:21. > :20:29.that finish. And the goal, and left footed finish
:20:30. > :20:33.from Jessica Clarke. How will Liverpool analyse their defending?
:20:34. > :20:38.On both of those goals they should have been tighter. Jessica Clarke,
:20:39. > :20:46.her finish is wonderful to stop she cuts inside and she is a very good
:20:47. > :20:52.goalkeeper social Jessica will be pleased with that.
:20:53. > :20:58.Going down the line of the ball but again taking nothing away from Jesse
:20:59. > :21:06.Clark, that is a peach. Liverpool improved of course in the second
:21:07. > :21:10.half, two penalties awarded. What is your take on them? We have watched
:21:11. > :21:13.them numerous times. And it is still quite tough. Liverpool where
:21:14. > :21:20.improved in the second half thankfully. Shanice Van de Sanden
:21:21. > :21:25.gets ahead of Amy Turner. We watched from this angle, is it a penalty,
:21:26. > :21:30.looking at it again I think the benefit of that doubt has got to go
:21:31. > :21:35.to the attacker. Shanice Van de Sanden has done really well to get
:21:36. > :21:42.across Amy Turner and forced to make the challenge. Technically gifted
:21:43. > :21:46.player and I think she will be disappointed. And second time
:21:47. > :21:56.through Shanice Van de Sanden again getting through, Danielle Buet. Amy
:21:57. > :22:10.Turner goes to ground very quickly, it really has no caution. And Katie
:22:11. > :22:17.Zelem puts it away. No clean sheet in 11 games for Notts County. The
:22:18. > :22:26.defending, why is that? It is exciting to watch, but mainly it is
:22:27. > :22:38.individual error. You see the whole backline of not Scotty Dzagoev Notts
:22:39. > :22:44.County and they should be higher. They do not get tight enough. She
:22:45. > :22:50.has got time here to pick a spot, that is difficult for any goalkeeper
:22:51. > :22:55.to get to. What do you think of Notts County this season? They're
:22:56. > :23:01.tough to play against. We played them in the first game of the
:23:02. > :23:07.season, they have a tight defensive unit. Midfield especially difficult
:23:08. > :23:13.to get around. I think they are looking to improve. Couple more
:23:14. > :23:16.games to catch up on. And Birmingham looking to make it back to back wins
:23:17. > :23:26.after both recorded a bit treat midweek. They met at Meadow Park.
:23:27. > :23:29.A mixed start for Arsenal with early-season defeats to Manchester
:23:30. > :23:34.City and Chelsea leaving them already playing catch up on arrival.
:23:35. > :23:37.Birmingham fresh, midweek victory over Doncaster came close to taking
:23:38. > :23:43.the lead as former Arsenal forward saw her shot just past the post.
:23:44. > :23:48.Many taboos to struggle this year after a miserable campaign last
:23:49. > :23:58.season but the side enjoyed the best of the chances. This on the stroke
:23:59. > :24:00.of half-time. The hosts finish strongly as they
:24:01. > :24:04.chased a goal that would see them close the gap on the leaders. The
:24:05. > :24:10.free kick is the closest they came to breaking the deadlock. It
:24:11. > :24:15.finished without score, Birmingham the happiest of the two sides.
:24:16. > :24:18.The last two champions of WSL2 went head-to-head, both in search of a
:24:19. > :24:23.first leave it tree of the current campaign. Six minutes on the clock,
:24:24. > :24:30.Sunderland handed the perfect chance to take the lead. Beth Mead brought
:24:31. > :24:37.down by Molly Bartrip. Then the keeper could do little to stop the
:24:38. > :24:42.follow-up from the strike of about 15 minutes remaining and the referee
:24:43. > :24:49.pointed to the spot again, this time Reading Women awarded a penalty.
:24:50. > :24:54.The lady Black Cats receiving double punishment with the defender sent
:24:55. > :24:58.off. And from the resulting spot kick they pulled level through Helen
:24:59. > :25:02.Ward. Finishing all square, both sides now searching for that first
:25:03. > :25:07.win. Manchester City leading the way at
:25:08. > :25:11.the top of the WSL1 table, maximum points so far. They played five
:25:12. > :25:16.games. Chelsea had made three so they have a couple of games in hand.
:25:17. > :25:21.Doncaster still awaiting their first point of the two dozen 16 campaign.
:25:22. > :25:26.Strange to see Arsenal in that position, they have some outstanding
:25:27. > :25:31.players. You expected them to start much better. They have not hit the
:25:32. > :25:34.ground running. They have a fantastic squad with depth across
:25:35. > :25:42.every position. But if the players are not playing, there will not be
:25:43. > :25:45.happy. And if they are not communicating the reasons why,
:25:46. > :25:50.players have got to know where they stand and I'm not sure that is the
:25:51. > :25:56.case. Surprising to see Kelly Smith not even on the bench. Fara Williams
:25:57. > :26:03.not starting, these are big names and they will not be happy not
:26:04. > :26:07.playing. And Chelsea, probably expecting Arsenal to be titled
:26:08. > :26:11.coat-tails. I think Arsenal, they have a strong squad, full of good
:26:12. > :26:15.players. And I think they will be disappointed with their start to the
:26:16. > :26:20.season. And Birmingham City, your former club, they have taken four
:26:21. > :26:25.points in the last week and there picking up. A good week for them,
:26:26. > :26:29.they will be pleased. I was impressed, they had a bit of a
:26:30. > :26:33.restructure and some exciting young players. I think they will do well
:26:34. > :26:37.this season. And a full round of fixtures in WSL2 the weekend.
:26:38. > :26:44.Everton continued their unbeaten start the season, Samantha gill
:26:45. > :26:47.adding the glass during an impressive 5-1 demolition of London
:26:48. > :26:51.Bees on Sunday to make it three wins from four games for Andy Spence and
:26:52. > :26:58.his side. And that victory moves them to
:26:59. > :27:01.second place, three points behind leaders Bristol City with the game
:27:02. > :27:08.in hand. James slipped to fourth after suffering their first defeat
:27:09. > :27:13.of the season at Aston Villa. England, you're in the setup now
:27:14. > :27:19.with a fabulous goal on your debut. A great excuse for us to show it as
:27:20. > :27:23.well. Embarrassing to you! But Rachel, she has done so well to
:27:24. > :27:27.score a goal like that straightaway. Impressive to be given your first
:27:28. > :27:31.chance and come in and make such an impact. You will be looking for
:27:32. > :27:36.plenty more opportunities like that in the future. Mark Samson said to
:27:37. > :27:45.me at half-time, just chill out a bit! So I'm very pleased to score on
:27:46. > :27:47.my debut. And you came through the Manchester United centre of
:27:48. > :27:51.excellence which has a fantastic track record. They do not have a
:27:52. > :27:56.first team, politically a bit tricky! But it has a great
:27:57. > :28:02.reputation for producing the likes of Gabby George. No hiding the fact
:28:03. > :28:07.that when I was younger Manchester United was my first club, we had a
:28:08. > :28:11.fantastic set up, I was coached well and now the coach who took me
:28:12. > :28:15.through quite a long way to Manchester United now works at city.
:28:16. > :28:19.Good to see him every now and again and catch up but the tables have
:28:20. > :28:24.turned and I'm happy where I am. That is about it for tonight. We are
:28:25. > :28:28.back on Thursday, the 19th of May point England boss Mark Samson will
:28:29. > :28:35.join us on the sofa. And the top two in WSL one go head-to-head at
:28:36. > :28:41.Chelsea host Manchester City. But then the small matter of the SSE
:28:42. > :28:48.women's Cup Final, taking on Arsenal at Wembley. Saturday the 14th of May
:28:49. > :28:53.on BBC One at two o'clock. Thanks to Isabel and Rachel put up blew the
:28:54. > :28:59.cover of success so far in the WSL1. Bye for now. -- blue is the colour
:29:00. > :29:03.of success.