01 November 2020

Women’s FA Cup Final: Everton 1-3 Manchester City - Holders defend FA Cup in thrilling game

Six months after the original date for the final, Willie Kirk’s Toffees will be looking to dethrone Gareth Taylor’s defending champions in what would be their first FA Cup triumph in a decade.

Meanwhile, City are bidding to lift the trophy for a third time in four years and would move level with Charlton as the fourth most successful team in the competition’s history with a win.

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Everton 1-1 Manchester City

76 min: SUB! Raso has made way or Boye-Hlorkah here as Willie Kirk goes in search of a winner.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

75 min: Stanway fouls Christiansen with what looks like a rash challenge on first look. After seeing the replay, she actually won the ball.

Everton break and Sorensen’s delivery is just headed away by Houghton at the right moment.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

72 min: WHAT A CHANCE! Gauvin so close to completing the turnaround for Everton.

Sorensen whips a ball across for the French striker and Gauvin gets in front of Greenwood to meet the header. It’s flying past Roebuck but narrowly whistles the wrong side of the post.

Agonising for Everton.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

70 min: SUB! Jess Park is on for Rose Lavelle for the final 20 minutes of this game.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

69 min: Kelly is found for the first time in a while on the right. She tries to find some space for a shot on the outside of Turner but her shot is high and wide.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

66 min: Heart in mouth time for City here as another corner flashes right across the six-yard box and evades everyone.

Everton coming on strong as the game reaches the final quarter here.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

65 min: Stanway involve straight away as she finds Lavelle in a shooting position. The American fires into the legs of MacIver but she had just strayed offside anyway so it wouldn’t have counted.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

63 min: It doesn’t look like Gauvin actually knew where the ball was when she got her head to it for the goal. Will she care? Not one bit.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

63 min: SUB! Ellen White makes way for compatriot Georgia Stanway.

Everton 1-1 Manchester City

62 min: Gareth Taylor is instantly reacting to that equaliser as Georgia Stanway is readying herself to enter the fray.

City immediately on the front foot as they look to go back in front but Everton deal with the in-swinging corner.

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