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Was it ever in doubt that Khadija Shaw would grab the headlines? Never. A ruthless Manchester City side won the Women\u2019s FA Cup for a fourth time and completed the Double as they eventually coasted to a 4-0 win over Brighton, with Shaw celebrating signing her new contract with a Wembley goal that exemplified her value to the club.<\/p>\n

Shaw, who had been expected to leave the club this summer on a free transfer before performing a dramatic U-turn to sign a lucrative new contract on Monday, nodded her team in front at Wembley, before Alex Greenwood\u2019s fine free-kick, Aoba Fujino\u2019s deflected effort and Vivianne Miedema\u2019s angled header enabled City to lift the cup for the first time since 2020, and for the first time with spectators permitted inside the stadium for seven years, as their most recent FA Cup triumph had been staged behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

Added to their first Women\u2019s Super League title in a decade, the victory completed a memorable season for Andr\u00e9e Jeglertz and his confident team, albeit the scoreline will have confused anybody who watched only the opening half an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first half I said to [Lauren Hemp]: \u2018They are poppin\u2019 it!\u2019 We didn\u2019t know what to do in the first 20 minutes, and then we had a break and said, \u2018Let them keep it at the back\u2019 and try to go man for man, and that worked,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a crazy few weeks, lots of emotions: signing a contract, to be here winning the FA Cup. The last time I was at Wembley, I lost so I wanted to correct that today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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