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- Manchester City Women have won every WSL match this season and remain unbeaten in the Champions League, where they came from 2-0 down to draw at Bayern Munich and recovered from behind to level 1-1 with Real Madrid.
- Andree Jeglertz has yet to name the same starting XI this season, and his substitutions have repeatedly decided games — Beth Mead assisted against Birmingham City, while Kerstin Casparij scored with her first touch in the 4-2 win over Arsenal.
- City have gained six points from losing positions in the WSL — the most by any team — with 10 of their 16 league goals coming in the second half, including three in stoppage time.
- Lauren Hemp called City's European results "not our standard" despite the unbeaten start, while Jeglertz said they remain "looking for a 90 minutes where we feel we can do a great game."
- Four players — Vivianne Miedema, Sydney Lohmann, Rebecca Knaak and Risa Shimizu — are currently recovering from injury, while key midfielder Sam Coffey picked up a knock in the Arsenal victory.
- City's history shows the risk: in 2021 they reached the Champions League quarter-finals while finishing second in the WSL, but the following two years they fell in Champions League qualifying and dropped to third, then fourth in the WSL.
Why it matters: Jeglertz's rotation is paying off early, yet four players are already out injured and key names like Casparij, Shaw and Hasegawa are logging fewer minutes than last season — depth is being tested five WSL games in. The cautionary pattern is explicit: City's 2021 dual run was followed by two seasons falling in Champions League qualifying and dropping to fourth in the WSL, and Casparij said the squad "do not want to repeat" it.
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