A Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw hat-trick set City on our way to a hard-fought 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur, moving us up to second in the WSL table in the process.
It’s now 12 unbeaten in the league, with defeats to Aston Villa and Chelsea back in September firmly in the rear-view mirror.
Speaking after our victory over Spurs, Taylor insisted that incredible run of form and push for the title hasn’t come as a shock, given the players’ mentality and collective ethos.
He said: “It comes back to trying to convince people to trust in what you do and delve into that detail of how we operate, how we train, recover and how we want to play with and without the ball.
“Some players have been here longer in terms of the season previous and have a better understanding, but we had a lot of new players and there wasn’t any real panic.
“What I saw from the players after those first two games showed why I’m not surprised with where we are now.
“Sometimes you might not see those things, you might see a bit of panic or anxiety, but the girls were great, they knew it takes time and we had a new group to work with.
“The strength of this team is the relationships and the culture that they’ve created.
City are just three points off the WSL summit and, with just eight league matches remaining, Taylor didn’t shy away from declaring his side title contenders this season.
But the boss insisted that his players weren’t feeling the pressure as an exciting finale to the campaign approaches.
Instead, he expressed his personal pride at the progress his players have made over the season, regardless of any potential opportunities for silverware.
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“Our rise to get to where we are has probably gone under the radar slightly which is good,” he explained.
“I don’t think the players feel any kind of pressure with that, lots probably wrote us off early on, sometimes when you have that it can be used as fuel to prove people wrong.
“At the end of the day, we’re working with a really good group of girls and a really good team.
“I love the way we play and our identity. We’ll win some games, dominate some and not win, but that’s football. It never changes.
“If it was easy everyone would play at a high level but it’s not. You’ll never guarantee scoring goals or keeping clean sheets.
“What we have with this group is a real good honesty. They want to improve and want to get better.”
