City opened the scoring on ten minutes when Hemp picked up play inside the West Ham area, dropped her shoulder to get the ball onto her favoured left foot and fired in at the near post. It was just rewards for the hosts who had started strongly despite the Hammers having the ball in the net inside 60 seconds.

Manchester City extended our unbeaten start to the season to five straight matches in all competitions with a fine 2-0 win over West Ham. Gareth Taylor’s side carried strong momentum into the clash