Man City 0-2 West Ham United: Pressure mounts after defeat to Hammers

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Last updated on 1 minute ago.From the section Women's Football

Manchester City lost their third successive Women's Super League match as they were stunned by visitors West Ham United to increase pressure on manager Gareth Taylor.

City failed to breakdown resilient West Ham, who went ahead late on in the first half through Dagny Brynjarsdottir's header.

West Ham made it 2-0 in stoppage time to seal the win, Yui Hasegawa capitalising on a mistake by Demi Stokes before chipping it over the goalkeeper's head from 40 yards out.

Ellen White had a goal ruled out for offside after the break for City and Laura Coombs also struck the post right at the end.

The defeat means City have won just one of their opening four games this season.

It is also back-to-back defeats at home - Spurs inflicted City's first league defeat at the Academy Stadium since April 2018 when they won 2-1 last month.

Taylor's side, runners-up in the WSL last season, now sit nine points off the pace of leaders Arsenal.

West Ham climb to fourth in the table with two wins and a draw in their opening four games.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Man City Women

Formation 4-3-3

34Benameur
11Beckie
8Scott
5Greenwood
3Stokes
12AngeldalSubstituted forStanwayat 68'minutes
24WalshSubstituted forCoombsat 45'minutes
19Weir
16Park
18WhiteSubstituted forShawat 68'minutes
15Hemp

Substitutes

7Coombs
10Stanway
21Shaw
30Mace
33Kennedy
35Keating

West Ham Women

Formation 3-4-3

1Arnold
23CissokoBooked at 90mins
5Flaherty
12Longhurst
10SvitkováSubstituted forParkerat 81'minutes
4StringerSubstituted forFilisat 90+2'minutes
32Brynjarsdóttir
2Wyne
13Yallop
9WalkerSubstituted forLeonat 60'minutes
14Hasegawa

Substitutes

15Parker
17Filis
18Leat
19Leon
20Joel
24Cairns

Live Text

Match ends, Manchester City Women 0, West Ham United Women 2.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 0, West Ham United Women 2.
Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Caroline Weir.
Goal! Manchester City Women 0, West Ham United Women 2. Yui Hasegawa (West Ham United Women) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Mackenzie Arnold.
Attempt saved. Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Janine Beckie.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Melisa Filis replaces Abbey-Leigh Stringer.
Hawa Cissoko (West Ham United Women) is shown the yellow card.
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Hawa Cissoko (West Ham United Women).
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Zaneta Wyne.
Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Lauren Hemp.
Attempt missed. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Greenwood following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Mackenzie Arnold.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Mackenzie Arnold.
Attempt saved. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Janine Beckie.
Attempt saved. Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Caroline Weir.
Jessica Park (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kate Longhurst (West Ham United Women).
Foul by Alex Greenwood (Manchester City Women).