Océane Hurtré pulled Birmingham City Women back into contention early in the second half, but London City Lionesses went on to win 4-1 in the Women’s Super League at the CopperJax Community Stadium on Sunday 8 November.
The hosts’ official results page confirms the score. Poppy Pattinson and Delphine Cascarino put London City two ahead inside 16 minutes. Hurtré halved that deficit after the interval, before Grace Geyoro and Kadidiatou Diani added the home side’s third and fourth.
Two early goals leave Blues chasing the game
Pattinson opened the scoring in the tenth minute with a left-footed finish from the left of the area. Geyoro then set up Cascarino, who struck from the opposite side of the box to double the lead six minutes later.
Birmingham found an opening when Shannon Cooke picked out Hurtré, but the forward’s effort was blocked. Sophie Baggaley kept out a shot from Daniela Arques just before half-time and Blues went into the break two down.
Hurtré’s reply brings Birmingham back into it
Blues won successive corners soon after the restart and made the pressure count. In the 50th minute, Lisa Naalsund supplied Hurtré, who finished left-footed from inside the area to make it 2-1.
According to Sky Sports’ match timeline, Pattinson later hit the post and Baggaley saved from Freya Godfrey. Birmingham were still within one goal at that stage. Hurtré had another opportunity after a pass from Neve Herron, but her effort went wide.
London City pull away late on
Geyoro restored the two-goal cushion in the 74th minute with a strike from outside the box. Diani completed the scoring in stoppage time, finishing a counterattack after Godfrey set her up.
It was a second consecutive league defeat for Amy Merricks’ side after the home loss to Tottenham. The next match switches the focus to the cup: Blues host Sunderland at 7pm on Wednesday 11 November in the Subway Players Cup, with a Remembrance observance planned before kick-off.