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CommentaryReporting by George Kelsey @mancity

15:45

That's a wrap đź‘‹

And that's that for 2025!

City end the year with a 5-1 win on the road, a spot in the League Cup semi-finals and a 14-match unbeaten run.

Fantastic from the Blues to take us into the festive break.

Thank you as always for your company, we'll see you on Sunday 11 January against Everton!

Merry Christmas!

15:41

Andrée on Hemp - Kerolin - Clinton link-up 💬

"That’s how we want to be; unpredictable and creating overloads in different ways.

"We talked a lot about the three playing there, they have the ability to switch positions and given how we’re scoring, they’re definitely fluid.

"That’s why it’s difficult to defend against us."

15:39

Andrée on the team ethos 💬

"It's not something you can take for granted and it’s not created by itself.

"It’s something we work with every day with what we do in sessions, how we integrate in meetings, how we create a group who don’t want to lose and want to score the next goal.

"This mentality is something you need to work on every day.

"I’m not surprised because great footballers have that, but as a group they’ve done a great job in that."

15:35

Andrée on the win 💬

"I think that we showed again that the mentality of winning these games is great in the team.

"Even though we started the game great, we had a bit of a set back in the first half, but second half we dominated totally and scored some great goals.

"Getting playing time for lots of players and those coming in bringing lots to the team, it says a lot about the structure of the group also.

"They’re tight together and we have the foundations for performance."

15:30

Reaction from the manager coming shortly


15:29

More from Clinton đź—Ł

“It’s been a very enjoyable season so far but we’re always looking forward and having meetings to prepare for what might come up.

"It seems like a very good mentality in the group at the minute and everyone is wanting to win.”

“It’s been a crazy 2025, a lot of personal growth and learnings for me and success.

"But I’m just hungry for more, to help this City side progress and do the best we can. I’m very excited looking to the future."

15:25

Clinton on her goal đź—Ł

"Hempo was up for the set, she was giving me side eye, so I really had to score it otherwise she wouldn't have been happy with me!"

“It’s so enjoyable when you play around people with so many different strengths.

"I know I can pass to feet or behind, but the man thing is we create space for each other.

"Sometimes you might have loads of space to turn and get on the ball or you might create it for them. It just really flows and is really enjoyable to play in."

15:20

Grace Clinton reaction đź—Ł

"Yeah, it's an amazing win because its not an easy ground to come to.

"West Ham can make it tough at times so it was nice to get two early goals and make it more of an enjoyable game than a squeaky bum one!"

15:15

Squad Goals


15:12

A standout display from Clinton!