Blue Girls Taking Confidence Despite City Defeat

Everton Ladies can take plenty from their narrow 3-2 defeat to Manchester City, insists Simone Magill.

The striker scored early in the second half on Saturday night to give the Blue Girls fresh momentum as they refused to give up with City leading 3-1 at half-time after Claudia Walker’s fifth-minute stunner.

But despite working tirelessly to try to force an opening, City’s experience saw them just hold onto the victory.

However, the level of performance should give Everton plenty of confidence, says Magill.

“Getting that second goal gave us a lot of momentum,” she said. “We came out for the second period up for it and we knew that the next goal had to be ours. When we got it, it instilled that…