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- Updated: September 26, 2016
Izzy Christiansen is targeting more silverware as Manchester City’s women’s team look to follow the lead of the club’s men’s side.
Just under four-and-a-half years after City’s men won the Premier League for the first time – following previous title wins in 1937 and 1968 – the women won their first Super League on Sunday.
They defeated last season’s winners Chelsea to do it with a game to spare, beating them 2-0 in front of a new record home crowd of 4,096.
City have invested considerable sums in creating a whole football club, with significant focus on youth development and the ladies side alongside the team Pep Guardiola now oversees.
With everyone based at the club’s £200m City Football Academy, the women’s side, managed by Nick Cushing, operate on a full-time basis just like every other squad.
More than that, they have spent big money in the same way too to cherry pick some of the league’s best talent from many of their biggest rivals.
Much like many other things at City, the progress Cushing’s team has made has been part of a long-term project and midfielder Christiansen is aiming to build on the inaugural title success.
She said: “It’s an incredible feeling. We’re so happy, pleased and …
