They have scored a lot of goals, got a lot of wins and it's been exciting to watch them from the other side of the world."Another Matildas' finalist, Mary Fowler, also had the chance to shake off some of the frustration of the Asian Cup near-miss with a brief cameo off the bench in the dying minutes of Manchester City's 3-0 derby win at Manchester United.A quickfire first-half double from Vivianne Miedema set City on course to win the WSL title for the first time in 10 years.They are on 49 points, with Arsenal, who have two games in hand, second and United third, both on 38 Champions Chelsea are now fourth on 37 points.But there was no escape from the memory of Japan's win for another Matilda, Clare Wheeler, who had come on as a late sub in last week's final.Before the derby with Liverpool, the Everton midfielder was part of an honour guard for the Japanese players from both clubs who featured in the tournament in Australia.Then just to put the tin hat on her day after she'd again come off the bench late to try to help the Toffees grab a late equaliser, Everton still succumbed 3-2 to a Liverpool side down to 10.AAP