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18-year-old Lily Murphy scores first senior goal, Kerstin Casparij adds second as Man City lead St Polten City captain Alex Greenwood stretchered off with what looks like knee injury after challenge with Melanie Brunnthaler FT: Valerenga 1-3 Arsenal - Alessia Russo scores either side of Frida Maanum's deflected effort Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea, had already qualified for last eight Get Involved: #bbcfootball, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Michael Emons Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Ayaka Yamashita in the City goal takes a risk as she nearly takes too long to clear as St Polten closed in. But the keeper gets away with it and is able to get the ball away. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Alex Brotherton BBC Sport journalist at Joie Stadium An uneasy silence has filled the Joie Stadium as the medical team bring a stretcher on to the pitch for Alex Greenwood. Her team-mates are clearly concerned, as are supporters in the stands. The England international is applauded as she leaves the field on a stretcher. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Manchester City and England defender Alex Greenwood has her shirt pulled over her face as she is strapped to the stretcher and then carried off the pitch. On comes Laia Aleixandri. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten A stretcher has been called for and Alex Greenwood is being consoled by her team-mates. Hopefully this is not as bad as this is looking. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Alex Greenwood needs some treatment and looks in a lot of pain after a challenge with Melanie Brunnthaler. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten A first chance for the Austrians. Sophie Hillebrand strikes the ball nicely from 25 yards out but it whistles just over the top of Ayaka Yamashita's goal. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Manchester City forward Chloe Kelly is watching from the stands tonight. Boss Gareth Taylor said it would be "touch and go" as to whether Kelly could feature after suffering a concussion while on international duty with England. He is hopeful she will return for Sunday's Women's Super League game against Everton. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Alex Brotherton BBC Sport journalist at Joie Stadium Manchester City are having an absolute field day down the left-hand side. Lily Murphy is positioned right on the touchline, meaning that St Polten right wing-back Sarah Mattner is having to come out of position to close her down. That's creating a huge gap between herself and the right centre-back that Murphy and Laura Blindkilde Brown keep running into. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Laura Blindkilde Brown looks to race on to a pass but Carina Schulter has a good starting position and is able to sprint off her line and gather by diving at the Manchester City player's feet. Hammarby 0-1 Barcelona Ewa Pajor has struck for Barcelona with a low shot on the turn which just about finds the bottom corner to put Barca 1-0 ahead in their match in Sweden against Hammarby. Barcelona won 9-0 in the opening game between the two and have only needed seven minutes to get one on the board tonight. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Carina Schulter is going to be busy. She gathers another cross well. St Polten are going to need their keeper to play well if they are to get a positive result. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Jess Park tries her luck from 30 yards out, the ball bounces just in front of Carina Schulter, but the goalkeeper does well to watch it and gather cleanly. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten St Polten are struggling to get the ball, with only 20% possession in the opening 10 minutes. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Sixty-three passes completed to seven in City's favour. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten Lily Murphy will be keen to make an impact and nearly does so. She is through on goal and looks to place her shot in the bottom corner, but Carina Schulter saves the effort with her legs and then gets a bit fortunate as the ball ricochets off a team-mate and back into her hands. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten We are hearing that WSL record goalscorer Khadija Shaw has been left out of the squad today just as a precaution. City play at Everton in the WSL on Sunday and then away against European champions Barcelona on Wednesday. Manchester City 0-0 St Polten City start the game looking to take a step closer to winning the group. If they win and Barcelona slip up against Hammarby then City go through as group winners. Manchester City v St Polten (20: 00 GMT) This is how the two sides line up at Joie Stadium. Manchester City v St Polten (20: 00 GMT) Manchester City Manchester City could be confirmed as group winners tonight if they beat St Polten and Barcelona do not win away at Swedish side Hammarby. Barca sit three points behind Taylor’s team, who recorded a stunning 2-0 victory over the defending champions in October thanks to goals from Naomi Layzell and Khadija Shaw. City and Barca face each other again in their final group match next Wednesday and, having already qualified for the knockouts, Taylor insists City’s focus is now on finishing top. “When you looked at the nature of the group, we knew we were in there with some good teams and one very good team, who’ve been at the top for a very long time, ” he said. “We were under no illusions that we had work to do but we’ll very much take it – as boring as it sounds – on a game-by-game basis. “Before you know it we’re four games in, top in the league, which may have surprised a few people, but for us now it’s continuing in these final two games. “First objective is achieved, second objective is can we finish top of the group. ” Manchester City v St Polten (20: 00 GMT) Manchester City Gareth Taylor admitted Manchester City’s first Champions League meeting with St Polten was an “eye-opener” ahead of their reverse fixture. The sides previously met in October, where Mary Fowler’s 80th-minute header snatched three points for City to claim a 3-2 victory. City have won all four of their Group D games to qualify for the quarter-finals, but Taylor warned that there are “no easy” Champions League games ahead of their penultimate group match. Speaking about October’s encounter with St Polten, Taylor said: “I learned there are no easy games in the Champions League regardless of what you see previously on paper, particularly an away fixture like that was a bit of an eye-opener. “There were a lot of learnings from that game, for sure. To be honest there were potentially too many changes in that game and had to get some personnel on to the pitch. We are a very young team, but we had an exceptionally young team that night, academy players playing in those types of games is a big ask. “I was really impressed with the way the game returned, I remember Mary Fowler scoring in that game and again at the weekend, she’s starting to play some really good football at the moment. ” Last Updated 12th December 2024 at 21: 52 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Gareth Taylor Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Liese Brancao-Ribeira Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 Manager: Gareth Taylor Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Liese Brancao-Ribeira Formation: 5 - 4 - 1 UEFA Women's Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.