Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw praised for focus after goal sets up Double glory

The Manchester City head coach, Andrée Jeglertz, heaped praise on his side’s prolific striker Khadija Shaw for not allowing speculation about her future to hinder her performances, after she continued her fine ­goalscoring form with the opening goal at Wembley to help her side complete the Double by lifting the Women’s FA Cup. The Jamaica striker, who signed a four-year contract on Monday after previously being set to leave City this summer, has scored relentlessly in recent weeks, including the winning goal in their Cup quarter-final in April as well as the winner in their semi-final at Chelsea in May, before nodding in from an Alex Greenwood cross for the first goal in Sunday’s 4-0 victory over Brighton. “I’m very impressed how she handled that,” Jeglertz said, when asked about Shaw’s continued form amid the recent flurry of stories about her contract situation, with the 29-year-old having been heavily linked with Chelsea since March. “She has never shown any kind of mood that has affected her performance. “Of course, she is a person, like everybody else, so of course, she will know about all the writing, she knows about that, but at the same time she has been so professional all the time, always performed and always been a positive person. So, no matter what, I haven’t seen or noticed any kind of challenges for her.” Shaw performed a dramatic U-turn to stay at City after multiple sources had indicated in early May that she had decided to leave. …