2. ‘Outstanding’ attacking quartet show their connection
For the fourth successive league match, Rehanne Skinner lined up with Asseyi, Piubel and Paví playing in behind Ueki against Crystal Palace yesterday.
The attacking quartet linked up brilliantly and the hard work being put in on the training ground at Chadwell Heath is coming to fruition.
For West Ham’s first of the afternoon, Paví found Ueki with an incisive pass and the Japan international played a perfectly-weighted, first-time ball into Piubel’s path, who clipped the ball to the back post where Asseyi found the net.
The front four worked tirelessly throughout the contest and maintained the same attacking threat when Paví made way for Emma Harries in the second half, who played a number of intelligent balls into the forward line.
The attacking quality helped the Hammers to their biggest win in the WSL since 2021, and this was the first time the Club has scored five goals in a top-flight home game.
Speaking post match, Skinner, who labelled her side’s attacking play as ‘outstanding‘, said: “The forward line, in particular, are starting to read and understand each other from the work we’ve been doing on the training pitch.
“These players work hard every single day of the week and nobody’s ever satisfied about losing a game, nobody.”