Three stand-out stars of Man City's flawless WSL season so far

After four weeks of Women’s Super League action, the domestic top-tier halts to accommodate October’s international ties in the Women's Nations League. In complete contrast to last campaign, Manchester City go into the break undefeated.

The Citizens kicked off their campaign with a 2-0 win over West Ham, a one-all tie at home against WSL champions Chelsea (with only nine players and just as many bookings). They welcomed Bristol City to the top tier with a 5-0 thrashing and took a 1-0 victory away from King Power Stadium against Leicester last weekend.

City sit top of the WSL table standings on 10 points, a contradiction to last season’s fiasco where they managed to pull only six points from the first four games.

What’s the difference? I think it has to do with personnel. Last campaign Gareth Taylor had a max exodus on his hands - several players in his starting line-up ditched the Sky Blue shirt, Lucy Bronze, Caroline Weir, Kiera Walsh, and Georgia Stanway to name a few.

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To plug the hole, Taylor brought in the likes of Yui Hasegawa, Deyna Castellanos and Mary Fowler in as reinforcements, but mass changing of the guards like that will take time to unite as one. And here we are 12 months on with some stellar performances from new and familiar faces, who've highly impacted City's success rate.

Here MEN Sport has taken a look at three of City's best players so far this campaign.

The Dutch midfield Maestro is no stranger to the WSL having suited up for Arsenal in seasons past. However, the introduction of Roord in the middle of the park has provided the