Soccer-Shaw strikes second-half double as Manchester City beat Birmingham 3-1卢克·肖下半场梅开二度，曼城3-1战胜伯明翰。
MANCHESTER, England, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Manchester City kicked off their Women's Super League title defence with a 3-1 win over promoted Birmingham City, as last season's top scorer Khadija Shaw struck a second-half double on Sunday.
Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Manchester City v Birmingham City - Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 6, 2026 Manchester City's Khadija Shaw celebrates scoring their third goal Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
MANCHESTER, England, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Manchester City kicked off their Women's Super League title defence with a 3-1 win over promoted Birmingham City, as last season's top scorer Khadija Shaw struck a second-half double on Sunday.
Birmingham's defence, which held out through the first half, finally succumbed to sustained pressure four minutes after the break as Mary Fowler seized on a poor clearance and found the bottom corner.
Last season's PFA women's player of the year, Shaw, doubled the champions' lead six minutes later, heading Kerstin Casparij's corner into the net.
Shaw scored from another corner in the 86th minute, finding the target with a powerful header from Beth Mead's set piece.
Oceane Hurtre pulled one back for Birmingham four minutes later.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)
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足球 - 女子超级联赛 - 曼城对阵伯明翰城 - 英国曼彻斯特曼城学院球场 - 2026年9月6日 曼城球员哈迪贾·肖庆祝打入球队第三球 图片来源：路透社/克雷格·布劳夫
英格兰曼彻斯特，9 月 6 日（路透社）——曼城女足在周日以 3-1 战胜升班马伯明翰城，开启了她们的女足超级联赛卫冕征程。上赛季的最佳射手哈迪贾·肖在下半场梅开二度。
伯明翰的防守在上半场一直坚守，但在下半场开始四分钟后，在持续的压力下终于崩溃，玛丽·福勒抓住对方一次糟糕的解围，将球送入球门底角。
上赛季PFA女子年度最佳球员肖在六分钟后将冠军的领先优势扩大了一倍，她头球攻门，将克斯汀·卡斯帕里开出的角球顶入球门。
第 86 分钟，肖恩利用角球机会破门得分，他接贝丝·米德开出的角球，头球攻门得手。
四分钟后，奥西恩·赫特雷为伯明翰扳回一球。
（班加罗尔 Chiranjit Ojha 报道，Toby Davis 编辑）
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