Cristina Alexander

Yes, there was a slight deflection here, but she's back to the Caroline that we all saw her with the MVP, NWC MVP year that she had with North Carolina Courage.

You look how confident she is in the way that she's scoring goals, dominating, getting in positions to receive the ball.

confident on the ball taking players one to one getting in positions in the goal to be able to put the ball in the back of the net.

She was brilliant.

And I don't think the confidence ever dipped under that pressure that that was there.

I think it went up.

exactly she's a player that's built for these elite matchups right you want her on your team i know the past couple years she's been up and down right she hasn't been as consistent um and the carolyn that we that we know from the nwsl but it takes a long time getting back from an acl injury and you have to give player that that grace and that time uh the return to play process is long uh it's not the same for everyone and now we see her just thriving i think um

The hat trick just solidified why she should be there, why she deserves to be there, and why she's back.

So it's amazing to see.

I was so happy for them.

Also for Sam Coffey to jump into the game, to solidify the win, to hold that structure, that confidence there in the midfield.

I think she's, you know, just looks like she's at home.

She fits right in.

And I'm really excited to continue to see if, you know, they continue to step away from the second-best team in the league.

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, quite the weekend that Manchester City had.

And actually for them, the 11-point lead, we talked about it in comparison, obviously, to Arsenal, 13 points clear, but an 11-point lead.

So this obviously leads me to my next question, Allie.

Is the title race over?

It's never over until it's over.