Hasegawa Seals Manchester City’s Comeback Win Over Brighton in WSL Home Opener
The result gave Andrée Jeglertz his first points as head coach, lifting City to sixth in the early table.
Overview
- Fran Kirby put Brighton ahead after 14 minutes, finishing after Khiara Keating parried Michelle Agyemang’s effort.
- Khadija “Bunny” Shaw equalised before the hour with a diving header from a Leila Ouahabi cross.
- Substitute Aoba Fujino threaded a pass for Yui Hasegawa to score the winner with about 15 minutes remaining.
- Iman Beney made a lively home debut, Alex Greenwood returned to the starting defence, and Lily Murphy was unavailable.
- City collected their first three WSL points of the season and turn next to a trip to Tottenham on Friday.