Manchester City 6-0 Birmingham City: Birmingham relegated as City move to third

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Last updated on 4 minutes ago.From the section Women's Football

Birmingham City were relegated from the Women's Super League after a crushing defeat by Manchester City, who moved back up to third place.

Georgia Stanway fired the hosts ahead before Lauren Hemp bundled in three minutes later.

Stanway latched on to a loose ball for the hosts' third before Alanna Kennedy, Chloe Kelly and Laura Coombs capped off a miserable night for Birmingham.

The loss brings the Blues' 11-year stint in the WSL to an end.

All six goals came in the second half and it took Stanway's rifled shot from 25 yards out to break down a dogged Birmingham defence, but once Hemp met Kelly's lofted pass to tuck past goalkeeper Emily Ramsey just three minutes later, the floodgates had opened for Manchester City.

Stanway, who has played at right-back for parts of the season because of her team's injury woes, scored her 13th goal of the season when she followed up on Hemp's parried shot, before Kennedy headed home the hosts' fourth.

Birmingham looked completely deflated when Kelly smashed into the back of the net from close range and Coombs buried her shot from outside the area to send the visitors down to the Championship.

The victory is Manchester City's 12th of the season and leaves the prospect of Champions League football in their hands before they face Reading on Sunday on the final day of the season, while fourth-placed Manchester United face the tougher ask of an away trip to title-chasing Chelsea.

Line-ups

Man City Women

Formation 4-3-3

26Roebuck
20Bronze
33Kennedy
5Greenwood
3StokesSubstituted forBlakstadat 72'minutes
10Stanway
24WalshSubstituted forCoombsat 72'minutes
19WeirSubstituted forAngeldahlat 73'minutes
13RasoSubstituted forKellyat 45'minutes
21ShawSubstituted forWhiteat 73'minutes
15Hemp

Substitutes

7Coombs
9Kelly
12Angeldahl
18White
30Mace
34Benameur
35Keating
41Blakstad

B'ham City Women

Formation 3-5-2

21Ramsey
3Scott
4Quinn
30LawleySubstituted forQuinnat 60'minutes
32Cowie
14Finn
7SarriSubstituted forWhelanat 79'minutes
10Murray
8Robertson
11PennockSubstituted forEwensat 79'minutes
12SmithSubstituted forWhippat 69'minutes

Substitutes

1Hourihan
2Sandvej
9Ewens
17Quinn
19Whipp
22Ryan-Doyle
23Whelan
27Jenner
36Worsey

Live Text

Match ends, Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0.
Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City Women) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Chloe Kelly.
Attempt missed. Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross following a set piece situation.
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lisa Robertson (Birmingham City Women).
Goal! Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0. Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julie Blakstad following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Harriet Scott.
Attempt blocked. Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgia Stanway.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Lucy Whipp.
Goal! Manchester City Women 5, Birmingham City Women 0. Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lauren Hemp.
Offside, Manchester City Women. Filippa Angeldahl tries a through ball, but Ellen White is caught offside.
Substitution, Birmingham City Women. Sarah Ewens replaces Jade Pennock.
Substitution, Birmingham City Women. Emily Whelan replaces Veatriki Sarri.
Goal! Manchester City Women 4, Birmingham City Women 0. Alanna Kennedy (Manchester City Women) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Louise Quinn.
Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Filippa Angeldahl.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Filippa Angeldahl replaces Caroline Weir.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Ellen White replaces Khadija Shaw.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Julie Blakstad replaces Demi Stokes.