The Manchester City players have been building their on-pitch relationship, having had their partnership blighted by injury, and while they bring out the best in one another, they can’t resist some friendly rivalry.

Vivianne told Telegraph Sport: “We can shout at each other [in training], which is great to be honest.

“There’s a bit of a competition going on, who’s the better finisher, it’s funny! I think we’ve got complete opposite strengths, which is probably why we can work together really well on the pitch.

“In the last couple of games you can see it starting to click. If you look at the quality we have on the pitch, especially going forward, it’s unreal. The moment that starts clicking then I’m pretty convinced we can still beat anyone.”

As well as Vivianne and Bunny, City have also seen key players Lauren Hemp and Alex Greenwood out with injuries, partly leading to them slipping to fourth place in the Women’s Super League, and the Dutch player admitted it is frustrating to think what their campaign could have been.

She said: “Welcome to women’s football! It’s one of the reasons all of us players keep asking for a better schedule and more breaks.

“Sometimes it is a bit of, ‘What if everyone was fit?’ because we all still remember the game we played against Barcelona [City won 2-0] with a fully fit team, where would we have been then?

“But it’s part of football and hopefully there will be measures being put in at some point to protect all of us but, for now, we just need to keep each other lifted and be positive.”