Tough to go through injury - Man City's Layzell
Manchester City defender Naomi Layzell was on course for the perfect evening when she scored a goal and assisted another on her Women's Champions League debut, helping her side stun defending champions Barcelona.But 20-year-old Layzell, who had not scored a goal in her career prior to that night in October, was forced off with an injury right at the end of the match.She is back fit again now and on international duty with the England Under-23 team, hoping to regain the form she had shown prior to her injury."Straight afterwards, I didn't know what the injury was and I was so happy with the performance," said Layzell."But when I had a few setbacks with my injury afterwards it was tough to go through that. I expected to come back a lot earlier and it just kept being put back."That was really frustrating. You can never really predict when injuries will come. I was hoping to build some momentum."I've been fortunate with injuries mainly in my career. It's the first injury that's been more difficult in that sense. I had moved clubs so it was a lot to tackle at once."
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