When Tottenham overcame City at the Academy Stadium in September, it was their first victory over a club who have collected seven major trophies in the past seven years.
Spurs have made their strongest-ever start to a WSL season, winning four games from four to sit level on points with leaders Arsenal.
Rehanne Skinner, who is in her first full season in charge of Spurs, says “it’s important that we don’t take our foot off the gas” when they face fourth-placed Brighton on Sunday.
“Obviously we set out with the intent to improve this club,” Skinner said.
“That’s my job – to take us to another level and make sure we’re consistent performers that are getting towards a position where we’re able to compete with the more established teams.
“I’m really pleased with the way we’ve started. We’ve shown a variety in our game early on too to get results.
“We want to keep that up but it’s a long season. We need to maintain it and ultimately we want to be in a solid position at the end of the season.”
Spurs have beaten Brighton three times in four WSL meeting since been promoted to the top flight.
“They are a bit like our nemesis,” said Brighton boss Hope Powell.
“We’ve always had really tough games against Tottenham. It should be an interesting encounter again on Sunday.”