Washing your hands, singing happy birthday twice, making your bed — if done properly, they should all take longer than 20 seconds.
For Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, 20 seconds is all you need to score a goal.
It was a dream start for City, an aspect they have recently wanted to improve on, and a nightmare for Tottenham Hotspur as Shaw was on the hunt and smelt blood at the Etihad Stadium on Friday. The centre-forward triggers City’s press and this time, Clare Hunt was her victim, dispossessed by Shaw who opened the scoring emphatically. Manager Gareth Taylor has previously spoken to Shaw about embracing her aggression off the ball and she reaped her rewards.
The lightning start from the 27-year-old filled City with confidence, setting the tone for their performance and knocking the stuffing out of Spurs, who were architects of their demise in Friday night’s 4-0 win for City.
Having scored in the first and 15th minutes, Shaw was hungry to get her hat-trick. She knew the opportunities would come if she got into the right positions. Her third goal arrived in the 67th minute and meant she became the first player to score three Women’s Super League hat-tricks against the same team. It’s a statistic Spurs centre-back Molly Bartrip said she is “not proud of at all”.
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