Chloe Kelly scored a sublime first-half brace, before goals from Laura Coombs, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, Steph Houghton and Mary Fowler saw us collect three vital points as we continue to battle for the title.
The 6-2 victory over Paul Konchesky’s side moves us to second in the WSL table, although we have played one more game than Arsenal (fourth) and two more than Chelsea (third).
Kelly opened the scoring with a delightful dink, before unleashing a venomous effort into the bottom corner moments later.
However, the Hammers weren’t disheartened and immediately halved the deficit before Coombs’ well-taken header restored our two-goal lead on the stroke of half-time.
Shaw’s sharp turn and finish extended our advantage after the hour, before Houghton bagged a fifth on her birthday.
The Londoners pulled another goal back through Lisa Evans, but the final say would go to Fowler, who headed home her first league goal for City after coming off the bench.
Watch the highlights from an enthralling affair in the video above
