THEY may be a league below their opposition in the men's game, but PNE wasted no time in finishing off Manchester City in this game, winning 5-0.

Preston opened the scoring on 15 minutes when Kristy Bilsborough seized on a bad defensive clearance to set up Joanne Ball who scored with a great strike from the edge of the area.

Within a minute it was 2-0 when Charlotte Benson followed up a terrific left footed shot from Ball after it had rebounded off the bar. Benson, Bilsborough and Natalie Brewer completed the rout.

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