LON­DON – Man­ches­ter City for­ward Khadi­ja ‘Bun­ny’ Shaw con­tin­ued her im­pres­sive form by dish­ing out an as­sist in her team’s 2-0 win over West Ham, which sent them top of the Women’s Su­per League (WSL) on Sun­day.

With all eyes on their Women’s Cham­pi­ons League group-stage match against Barcelona on Wednes­day, man­ag­er Gareth Tay­lor opt­ed not to start Shaw, Vi­vianne Miede­ma and Ao­ba Fu­ji­no at the Joie Sta­di­um.

But one minute af­ter com­ing on as a sub­sti­tute in the 70th minute, the Ja­maican in­ter­na­tion­al set up Mary Fowler at the back post for her to nod in City’s sec­ond goal of the match.

Ear­li­er, Lau­ren Hemp put City in the lead in the 10th minute af­ter rac­ing on­to Mary Fowler’s pass be­fore calm­ly cre­at­ing space to plant a neat fin­ish low in­to the left-hand cor­ner.

The 24-year-old, who is nom­i­nat­ed for this year’s Bal­lon d’Or award, be­came the youngest play­er in Women’s Su­per League his­to­ry to reach 50 goals.

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