5 ASIDES Bunny hopping up the scoring charts

1 BUNNY SHAW scored her third hat-trick in four games as Manchester City beat Liverpool 5-1. Shaw missed out on the golden boot by one goal last season but leads the scoring charts with 12 so far this term. The striker also bagged trebles against Tottenham and Everton.

2 LAUREN JAMES’ hat-trick at Stamford Bridge means she now has the most goals at the stadium of any player — male or female — this season, with seven. James has scored back-to-back trebles in league games against Manchester United and Liverpool, and also netted in the opening game of the season against Spurs. Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer have fared best for the men at the Bridge, with five goals apiece.

3 LEAH WILLIAMSON could make her long-awaited return to action when Arsenal take on Liverpool on Sunday. The England captain is eight months into an expected nine-month recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which caused her to miss last summer’s World Cup. Williamson has now been in full training with Arsenal for a month and boss Jonas Eidevall has said she will be in contention for the trip to Prenton Park.

4 FOLLOWING their impressive FA Cup win over Reading last week, third-tier Wolves were due to play West Brom in the semifinal of the Birmingham Challenge Cup yesterday. But the club were forced to postpone the game after 14 of their players were struck down by food poisoning after eating a batch of post-match chicken wraps at last weekend’s tie with the Royals. Reading’s Championship game with Birmingham was also postponed.

5 BROADCASTER DAZN have removed the paywall for all live women’s football matches on their platform to help promote the game. It comes as part of the company’s ‘New Deal for women’s football’ campaign, which has been introduced to help boost investment and make the sport more financially sustainable.