Knaak Strikes Late as Manchester City Extend 30-Game Run — Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Arsenal
Rebecca Knaak’s 91st-minute winner against Liverpool pushed Manchester City’s home scoring run in the Barclays Women’s Super League to 30 games, with brighton & hove albion vs arsenal folded into the wider race for the season’s final awards. City now finish the campaign with a 100% home record and move one win away from being crowned champions.
Knaak Decides It Late
Knaak delivered the decisive goal in the 91st minute. City needed that late strike to edge Liverpool, and it kept alive a home scoring streak that has stretched for 903 days without a blank in a league match at home.
That streak now sits as the clearest measure of City’s control at the Joie Stadium. Brighton & Hove Albion were the last visiting side to keep a BWSL clean sheet there, doing so in November 2023.
City’s Home Record
The win also locked in a 100% home record for the campaign. In the BWSL’s 12-team era, only Chelsea in 2022/23 had previously gone through a season without dropping points at home.
Manchester City have also built that record on set pieces. They have scored 15 goals from dead-ball situations in this season’s BWSL and have conceded just one set-piece goal all campaign, a balance that helps explain how they keep turning tight games into points.
Golden Glove Race
Ayaka Yamashita’s seven clean sheets leave her in the mix heading into the final day at West Ham United. The wider Golden Glove race also remains live, with Hannah Hampton and Phallon Tullis-Joyce set to face each other as Chelsea host Manchester United.
Brighton’s Chiamaka Nnadozie, Tottenham’s Lize Kop, and Arsenal duo Daphne Van Domselaar and Anneke Borbe can still at least share that award. City’s late winner did more than settle one match; it preserved the kind of home record that leaves no room for a slip before the title is decided.
Tottenham’s 2-1 win over London City Lionesses added another marker to the round, with Signe Gaupset and Olivia Holdt scoring as Spurs reached 10 wins in a BWSL season for the first time and stayed fifth with one game to go.
