St Polten v City - 16 Oct 2024 Manchester City FC - Official Website of Man City F.C.

Thank you as always for your company this evening!

City once again got the job done when it mattered and have now made it two wins from two in the Champions League so far.

Kennedy's thunderbolt plus further goals from Fujino and Fowler were enough to seal the points against Polten, and make it eight unbeaten in all competitions to start 2024/25.

Keep across mancity.com and the official Man City app for plenty of post-match reaction, and see you back here on Sunday when we face Aston Villa in the WSL!

"She got a lot of the ball in the first period, that's where the space was down the right.

"It was magical for her to make her debut in this competition.

"I'm really pleased she's got that first taste of first team football, that's going to help her in the future."

"Yeah, really good for her confidence. We said as a group there, this competition is really tough and we need to really bring every single action and moment.

"The times where you struggle is when it comes down to the duels, 50:50s and set plays, we need to be really respectful of every opponent we face in this competition."

"It was a hell of a hit. To be honest I wasn't sure when she took the strike it was the right call, but she proved me wrong!

"She set herself nicely and we should've had more. We missed some chances to increase our lead and that's what can happen if you don't take them, you leave yourself susceptible to a couple of set plays which we needed to deal with better.

"But we made some changes and then obviously it was nice to go and win the game.

"I liked what we did at the end of the game as well in controlling the final ten minutes, it's important and not easy to do because they were an energetic team who pressed hard."

"I'm just really pleased to get the three points.

"I thought it was a difficult game on a really difficult pitch, people at home might not have realised that. You could see how bobbly it was so we couldn't really play centrally and the space was out wide.

"It took us a while to recognise that, but when we did we switched the play multiple times and really caused them problems.

"I think it was a bit of a lesson learned. When you play teams like Polten who people expect to be an easy three points, these games certainly aren't."

"It's really good. We have really creative players up front so it's nice to link up and have fun.

"We play our best football when we're enjoying it. I've enjoyed it tonight and I hope the other girls did."

"Since I came here I've wanted to play Champions League with the girls.

"We've wanted to be here for so long, and everyone's still got that motivation to get out there and do as well as we can."

"I think it says a lot about the team. It's good to win in many different ways.

"Sometimes you can have the lead and then be drawing, and it can be easy to drop your head and feel like the other team have the momentum.

"But we've shown in the last couple of games we can be in control of that and change that. It's been really good to get a win like that with the girls."