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Shaw hat-trick heroics 'like watching video game'

BBC Sport

If Khadija Shaw is on your team, you have a very good chance of winning. She's that good, her Manchester City team-mate Sam Coffey felt like she was "watching a video game" with Shaw the star of the show.

If Khadija Shaw is on your team, you have a very good chance of winning. She's that good, her Manchester City team-mate Sam Coffey felt like she was "watching a video game" with Shaw the star of the show. "I said earlier that I feel like I'm playing Fifa.

You can score three goals like that in 20 minutes? " the bewildered US international said after their emphatic 5-2 win over Spurs. It was actually three goals in 13 minutes - the fastest hat-trick in Women's Super League history - and City fans are so desperate to keep Shaw at the club that, each time she scored, they chanted "sign her up" on repeat.

The Jamaica international's contract is due to expire in the summer and, while City have held positive discussions over a renewal, the wait is agonising for supporters. Will she sign a new deal? Manager Andree Jeglertz says he "hopes so" but for now, he is enjoying working with her and it's easy to see why.

"She is a very important player. Hopefully [she will sign], but we will see," said Jeglertz. "We talk about the goals but you can also see how she's defending, how she's pressing and setting up other players.