Freya Godfrey of London City Lionesses celebrates with teammate Elena Linari after scoring her team's first goalGetty Images
At a glance
Freya Godfrey gives London City early breakthrough
But Tottenham level through Cathinka Tandberg's penalty
Eveliina Summanen cancels out Nikita Parris' second for hosts
Godfrey's second seals win after Amanda Nilden's own goal
PLAYER RATER
Adwaidh Rajan
BBC Sport journalist
Freya Godfrey scored twice as London City Lionesses defeated high-flying Tottenham in an entertaining contest at Hayes Lane to secure their fourth win of the Women's Super League season.
Spurs fought back to twice draw level with the promoted side but Amanda Nilden's own goal in the 81st minute and Godfrey's second three minutes later - to add to her opener and an assist - sealed the win for Jocelyn Precheur's side.
The result sent London City into the top half of the table with 12 points from eight games while Spurs are three points ahead in fifth place.
The hosts had made a dream start as captain Kosovare Asllani's corner towards the near post was kept in play by Wassa Sangare and crossed back into the middle for Godfrey to score her first goal for the club only eights minutes in.
Spurs probed for an equaliser but did not register a shot on target before London City midfielder Saki Kumagai recklessly slid in to bring down Drew Spence inside the box.
Cathinka Tandberg stepped up to take the resulting penalty and smashed her effort down the middle for her fourth goal of the WSL season.
However, London City regained their lead through Nikita Parris in the 50th minute as they broke forward at pace through Asllani and Godfrey before the latter's cross was met with a well-timed run and finish from the 31-year-old England forward on her 200th WSL appearance.
Asllani's foul on Matilda Vinberg at the edge of the box then gave Spurs another lifeline as Eveliina Summanen, wearing the captain's armband for the day, curled her free-kick past diving London City goalkeeper Elene Lete to restore parity.
However, Nilden then put the ball in her own net before her day went from bad to worse as Godfrey breezed past the Swedish defender to score her second from the edge of the box.
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77Elene Lete
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25R. Imuran
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13E. Linari
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26W. Sangaré
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2Jana Fernández
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88G. Geyoro
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8S. Kumagai
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17N. Parris
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9K. Asllani
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14F. Godfrey
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23I. Goodwin
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15S. Franssi
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33A. Kennedy
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16J. Roddar
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21K. Zelem
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1L. Kop
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6A. Nildén
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29A. Neville
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24D. Spence
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25E. Summanen
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13M. Vinberg
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7J. Naz
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19C. Tandberg
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