Manchester city cruised to a five-0 win over LSK Kvinner in the first leg in their Champions League remaining-16 tie in Norway. Jane Ross powered home headers in four mins to seal the contest after goals from Demi Stokes, Isobel Christiansen and Karen Emslie. The victory maintained metropolis’s 100% begin to the season and constructed on their 6-zero combination win over the Austrian side St Polten inside the preceding round.
It took town a little time to get going within the Arasen Stadium however as soon as Stokes had put them in advance they knocked the ball around and Karen Bardsley was a digital spectator inside the intention for lengthy intervals.
almost an hour had gone while she become known as into movement by using Marte Berget and metropolis soon positioned the result beyond doubt following the introduction of the Scot Emslie as a substitute.
After scoring fantastically, she then hit the bar earlier than Ross’s double really made the house leg on 16 November a formality for city, who reached the semi-finals last yr.
LSK Fiskerstrand; Wold, Brenn, Westerlund, Sonstevold, Hansen (Kvernvolden, seventy two), Bachor, Spord, Reiten, Haavi (Haug, 88), Berget (Blakstad, seventy two).
Subs now not used Laue, Woldvik, Takara.
Manchester metropolis Bardsley; McManus, Houghton, Beattie, Campbell, Scott, Walsh, Christiansen, Parris (Emslie, sixty two), Stokes (Lawley, 80), Ross.
Subs not used Leth Jans, Stanway, Toone, Hourihan, Roebuck.