News about Yui Hasegawa

KATHRYN BATTE AT THE ETIHAD: The gulf in class between Manchester's two clubs has existed for some time, but not on the men's side. In the Premier League, City is 16 points better than United and every season the gap only seems to get bigger. City have also dominated on the women's front. For the first time this year, the red half had defeated their opponents for the first time. Marc Skinner's team finished second and qualified for Europe, while City finished fourth, missing out for the first time since 2014. However, United States is starting to look like a one-hit wonder. The city, on the other hand, is back to their show-stopping best. Jess Park's two goals, as well as one from Bunny Shaw, who made it the City's all-time top goalscorer, made it back-to-back derby wins for Gareth Taylor's side.

On Wednesday, two goals in two first-half minutes gave Japan a 2-0 victory over Costa Rica, potentially securing the 2011 champions a spot in the knockout rounds of the Women's World Cup. In today's second Group C game in Auckland, the Nadeshiko revived the effervescent passing game from their opening 5-0 victory over Zambia and will advance to the final 16 for the fourth straight World Cup. Mina Tanaka was playing in an advanced midfield role rather than playmaker Yui Hasegawa against Zambia, and Japan was already upbeat after the double blow that knocked the stuff out of the Central Americans.