# Women's Super League: City and London City dominate

> London City and Manchester City lead WSL with strong starts.
- Title: Women's Super League: City and London City dominate | Shortify
- Summary: London City and Manchester City lead WSL with strong starts. London City and Manchester City dominate Women's Super League with strong starts after five…
- Keywords: women's super league, london city lionesses, manchester city, tottenham, liverpool, arsenal, manchester united, charlton, crystal palace, birmingham city women, wsl 2, evelyn olid
- Source: BBC Sport — https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm4g1l6rxypzo
- Published: 2026-10-05T11:59:42.309+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: women's super league, london city lionesses, manchester city, tottenham, liverpool, arsenal, manchester united, charlton, crystal palace, birmingham city women, wsl 2, evelyn olid
## London City back up pre-season ambitions
London City Lionesses and Tottenham have been bullish about climbing the table, while Liverpool also sought to kick on this season.

> This kind of win can be a game-changer
## Man City remain team to beat
Five wins from five with 16 goals scored, defending champions Manchester City have picked up where they left off.

> At the moment, we are not in the conversation
## Man Utd finding feet under Olid
Manchester United's summer of upheaval bled into the start of the season, with Eva Olid's arrival from Hearts beginning with convincing defeats by London City and Chelsea.

> We have started to click in a lot of things and they fight for each other
## Mixed fortunes for promoted clubs
Crystal Palace look the most comfortable of the promoted sides, boasting six points from five games and they moved to eighth in the WSL table by drawing at Aston Villa on Sunday.

> It's a tough league. The jump up is so big. You can't make any mistakes
## Attendances falling?
For instance, Chelsea hosted Arsenal on 27 September in a fervent atmosphere, but the game had 36% fewer in Stamford Bridge than in January this year.

> It's a tough league. The jump up is so big. You can't make any mistakes
## London City's 6-1 win
Two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas headlined some eye-catching summer signings and she scored twice against Tottenham.

> This kind of win can be a game-changer
## Arsenal's title hopes fading
Arsenal's gap is 10 points to leaders City, and strong pre-season hopes of a first league title since 2018-19 are vanishing.

> At the moment, we are not in the conversation
## Man City's comeback
Sunday's comeback victory over Arsenal made it City's best start to a season since opening the 2017-18 campaign with seven straight victories.

> This kind of win can be a game-changer
## Key takeaway

London City and Manchester City dominate Women's Super League with strong starts after five games.