How Manchester City perfected the art of the set piece: ‘It’s like a chess game’

Diego Restrepo’s arms were full. Alex Greenwood had leapt into them, but so too had the Women’s Super League title, thanks to a late winner against Liverpool. It was a goal from a corner, whipped in by Greenwood and headed home by Rebecca Knaak, but whose roots were that of City’s head of women’s goalkeeping. The set-piece goal was Knaak’s second of the season, City’s 17th in all competitions, their 12th from a corner and, it would later transpire, the one that would crown them WSL champions for

By Jason Griffith for PeeDeeWire

Yahoo Sports reports: Diego Restrepo’s arms were full. Alex Greenwood had leapt into them, but so too had the Women’s Super League title, thanks to a late winner against Liverpool. It was a goal from a corner, whipped in by Greenwood and headed home by Rebecca Knaak, but whose roots were that of City’s head of women’s goalkeeping. The set-piece goal was Knaak’s second of the season, City’s 17th in all competitions, their 12th from a corner and, it would later transpire, the one that would crown them WSL champions for