Lauren Hemp believes summer signing and teammate Yui Hasegawa has played a key role in helping in-form Manchester City surge up the Women's Super League table.
Hemp recently made her return from over a month out injured by coming off the bench against Liverpool in the League Cup, before completing a full 90 minutes in the Manchester Derby, which City drew 1-1. It means Gareth Taylor 's team are now unbeaten in games in all competitions following a tough start to the season, where they were beaten by both Aston Villa and Chelsea.
That followed a turbulent summer that saw the departures of Caroline Weir, Lucy Bronze, Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh, as well as the retirement of star striker Ellen White. City brought in seven summer signings to compensate and the Lionesses winger has been impressed with them in recent weeks.