The Jamaican became the Barclays Women’s Super League’s record hat-trick scorer in City’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Friday.
She has now claimed six match balls in the English top-flight, with three coming against tonight’s opponents.
While Shaw has always been clinical in front of goal, Taylor believes the club record scorer finds the net so often because she works so hard for the team.
“Bunny has always been impressive and consistently scored goals for us. Spurs seem to be a team of joy for her,” he stated in his post-match press conference.
“Looking at Bunny recently and at us without the ball, she’s certainly the first presser in the team.
“She gets a real good opportunity tonight after winning the ball back aggressively. I felt she was good without the ball against Crystal Palace.
“She’s really important for us as a focal point. Then when we win the ball back and the opportunities we create and she gets a lot of chances.
“She appreciates the work the team puts in and Lauren’s crosses. She’s consistently scored goals for us and works really, really hard for the team and gets her rewards.”
Shaw wasn’t the only player on the pitch to be directly involved in three of the four goals.
Lauren Hemp supplied two of the crosses for Shaw, either side of bursting through midfield and rolling the ball for Roord to fire home.
It continued an exceptional run of form for the England winger, who has been one of the league’s shining lights so far this term.
“Lauren has been top,” said Taylor.
“Again she had a lot of joy playing against their right-back on the other side.
“Against Neville was quite a challenge for her and she was cutting onto the inside and that allowed Casparij to get a little bit further forward.
“She created a lot. It was very similar to the Palace game where she probably deserved a little more from that game with crosses she put in.”
While it was a comfortable victory, Taylor believes there is much more to come from his side - particularly in meetings with Manchester United and Chelsea at the Etihad later in the season.
“We have to factor in playing in a different kind of environment for us. The good thing is we play three games here [this season] and the girls will feel ready for the next game because it’s slightly different to what we have at the Joie Stadium,” he said.
“We had a really good start, I think we had opportunities to enhance our lead at 2-0 and also at 4-0 as well.
“These are the things as I as a coach I want to push with the girls because when we stick to what we do we’ll see top things. Overall I was really pleased.”
