What a week it has been for Gareth Taylor and Manchester City after overcoming European champions Barcelona on Wednesday to then finding a late winner against Liverpool at Anfield.

“The winning goal was the perfect tonic!” Taylor said to Sky Sports. “Those extra-time winners are amazing.

“We have seen it here at Anfield over the years from Liverpool those late winners but for us today it is great because I felt we deserved it.

“I felt we got our rewards in the end, we were dominant. Sometimes you don’t get the rewards but we were patient and kept probing until the end – I was really proud of that last half hour of the performance.”

On Khadija Shaw: “There were a few near misses from Bunny [Shaw] and a few others then a good pass from Laia [Aleixandri] and no one is better than Bunny in that situation. She was hardly in the game at times and then bang two goals.”

On building rhythm: “The hardest thing is to score a goal, and when you are facing a back five it is even harder.

“I just felt like we had to move the ball quicker and we would make chances. We needed to up our game, up our tempo and once we do that we are much tougher to face. I felt we did that better in the second half.”