New Invincibles: City go undefeated in Women's Super League

Manchester City Women completed the Super League season undefeated with a 1-1 draw against a resolute Birmingham City side on Sunday.

Aoife Mannion opened the scoring for the visitor, but a speculative cross from Demi Stokes in the second stanza caught Ann-Katrin Berger between the sticks and was enough to earn a share of the spoils.

City won the Super League crown after a victory over Chelsea last month, but skipper Steph Houghton was delighted to finally lead her ranks over the line without a blemish on their record.

"We've got unbelievable people and an unbelievable club, so we've got to be ambitious and aim to win trophies on a regular occasion," said Houghton.

"To avoid defeat as well is a massive thing for us and I'm just delighted. I knew that coming to City I wanted to win trophies and I knew that'd be a process. To come to the third year and win two is just unbelievable."

Conquering the league undefeated has happened just twice in the men's game - Preston North End in 1889 and Arsenal in 2004 - but Arsenal's female contingent notably went undefeated for three seasons between 2005 and 2008.