Gareth Taylor hailed Chloe Kelly’s strength of character as she returned from long-term injury to help Manchester City ease to a 2-0 win over West Ham.
Goals in both halves from Georgia Stanway and Bunny Shaw saw City seal a fifth successive victory in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League.
An assured performance saw Taylor’s side pull level on points with city rivals United, who sit third, in the race for a place in the Champions League. “It was an important win and a clean sheet,” said Taylor. “West Ham have only lost twice here all season so it’s a really important win for us at this stage. ALSO READ:Guardiola says Sterling's England captaincy has boosted Man City title hopes “Performance-wise, I think we could have been three or four up in the first 25 minutes, so that was a frustration.
We had problems with our build-up play today, had to go more direct at times, but we had firepower and pace at the top end of the pitch, which will be a problem for anyone.” The game marked midfielder Kelly’s return to the game after she suffered a sickening ACL injury last May against Birmingham City.
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