Spurs v City: WSL Match Preview
Everything you need to know ahead of City's Barclays Women's Super League clash against Spurs.
Gareth Taylor's City side travel to the Gaughan Group Stadium on Sunday 2 March to lock horns Robert Vilahamn's side at 14:00 (UK).
As always, both the Official Man City App and mancity.com will provide detailed coverage on all of the proceedings.
Meanwhile, regular updates will be posted on X: @ManCityWomen.
The Official Man City App will have all bases covered when Taylor's Blues travel down to the capital.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre 90 minutes before kick-off. Throughout the game you can also listen to live audio commentary while our text commentary continues.
To be alerted at every key moment of the action, make sure you have push notifications turned on as well to keep up to date on everything, including goals, red cards and team news.
Highlights and a City+ full replay will be available at midday on Monday.
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Gareth Taylor will hold his pre-match press conference on Friday 28 February at 14:30 (UK) ahead of the clash against Spurs on Sunday.
The conference will be live to view on both the Official Man City App and mancity.com before written and video recaps are published.
City secured a convincing 4-0 victory over Liverpool in the Barclays Women's Super League at the Joie Stadium last time out.
First-half goals only 13 minutes apart from Bunny Shaw landed us with a strong 2-0 lead at half-time before strikes from Jill Roord and Gracie Prior sealed the fate of the match in City's favour.
The crucial win at this stage of the competition landed City in a secure spot in the league with only two points separating us from the division's top three heading into this week's match against Spurs.
WATCH: Extended highlights: City 4-0 Liverpool
Bunny Shaw netted a record breaking hat-trick which helped us emphatically beat Vilahamn's side 4-0 on Etihad soil in our previous meeting with Spurs.
In just 21 seconds, Shaw buried the ball in the back of the net in front of over 10,000 fans to hand us the perfect start at home and she doubled her tally in the 15th minute.
Jill Roord got her third goal in three games midway through the second period to bring Taylor's Blues 3-0 up before Bunny secured her treble only a minute later to become the division's all-time record hat-trick scorer.
WATCH: Extended highlights | City 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Our match with Spurs will be broadcast live on the official Barclays Women's Super League YouTube channel in the United Kingdom.
For those tuning in outside of Great Britain, the full global TV listing will be published soon.
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