ENGLAND Lionesses star Chloe Kelly brutally trolled Man Utd, after Man City’s amazing turnaround in the WSL.
The Reds had taken an early lead through a Katie Zelem penalty.
However, two goals in a minute from Jill Roord and Lauren Hemp turned the Manchester derby on its head.
It was for Roord’s strike where Kelly pulled off her cheeky celebration.
After sprinting down the left wing, she squared the ball for the Dutch star to slot the ball home.
As the pair wheeled off in front of the Stretford End, Kelly cupped her ear as Man City’s Women showed their delight at scoring an equaliser at Old Trafford.
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To emphasise her point, Kelly held her finger to her lips as the home fans were silenced.
The Euros winner is no stranger to a controversial celebration.
Famously, she delivered one of Wembley’s most iconic goal celebrations as she tore off her shirt in front of a sell-out crowd against Germany in the final.
When asked about the celebration, Kelly said: “I think it was very powerful. In the moment I didn’t realise.
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“I just celebrated the goal at Wembley as I would when I was a kid playing in the cages.
“That just reminded me of those moments and I was being myself in that moment.
“For me, I didn’t realise how much it would do for women but it’s very special that it did.
“I’ve seen a lot of players and tags on Instagram of players doing the celebration. A Newcastle Women’s player did the celebration.
“It is great to see the impact we have had.
“That celebration for me was just a spontaneous moment and to see it influence so many people is special.”
Hemp silenced Manchester United fans’ pantomime jeers as Man City recharged their title hopes putting a disappointing two-loss run to bed
United saw the Theatre of Dreams become the Theatre of Nightmares as Khadija Shaw exploited a defensive howler to seal a memorable 3-1 win for ten-player City.
And while City got forward early through Shaw, it was the hosts who had the upper hand with Lyon loan ace Melvine Malard turning the screw.
The France forward had the beating of Leila Ouahabi in some of their first-half duels turning her marker inside out on a couple of occasions.
One of her classiest moves was a clever flick around the defender with Malard later feeding Ella Toone in the 15th minute before the visitors cleared the danger in the box
It didn’t take too long for United to take the lead with Malard at the centre of penalty drama that saw Alex Greenwood cautioned by referee Cheryl Foster.
Ouahabi found herself turned once again with Malard’s shot blocked by the City captain’s arm with Foster pointing straight at the spot.
City fans were willing teenage keeper Khiara Kheating to pull off another dramatic spot-kick save after her penalty stopping heroics against Arsenal.
But while the 19-year-old dived in the right direction, United captain Katie Zelem gave her no chance, slamming the ball into the bottom corner with 21 minutes gone.
Against the run of play Jilll Roord levelled after being teed up by Chloe Kelly.
And Lauren Hemp fired them ahead with stunning curled dipping followed by knee slide and fist pump celebration in front of the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand.
United, stunned by the rapid shift in momentum, attempted to fight their way back.
But it was City who would remain on top and would later deliver the knockout blow.
The second half saw Marc Skinner shuffle his deck with Jayde Riviere coming on for Nikita Parris
And later it looked as if Shaw’s shift would come to an end after she needed treatment following a tussle for the ball with Malard.
But any signs that Jamaica striker was feeling the effects of that duel were blown away by what happened in the 54th minute.
A loose back pass from Maya Le Tissier to Mary Earps was brutally punished with Shaw pouncing to slam the ball into an empty net with Earps off her line.
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City found themselves under pressure in the games dying stages as the home fans roared the hosts on
And they went down to 10 players after Laia Aleixandri was sent off for a tug on Lucia Garcia following an earlier yellow for putting hand in Toone’s face.
But they held out with Kheating pulling off a last gasp injury-time save with the victory secured.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
