Everton Women beaten by Tottenham on their Goodison Park curtain-raiser

A historic afternoon for Everton Women, where they stepped on to the hallowed turf at Goodison Park for the first time as permanent occupants, was spoiled by Tottenham Hotspur. Brian Sorensen’s side suffered a 2-0 defeat in front of 6,473 supporters at the Grand Old Lady.

The Blues arrived to this game riding on a high after beating Liverpool 4-1 at Anfield courtesy of an Ornella Vignola hat-trick. However, they looked flat here and goals from Olga Ahtinen and Cathinka Tandberg on either side of the half-time break decided the game in favour of the Lilywhites.

The opening exchanges were cagey with the visitors leading the press. That pressure paid off close to the half-hour mark when Ahtinen nipped the ball away from Rion Ishikawa, played a one-two with Tandberg before slotting it home.

The hosts’ situation went from bad to worse just four minutes into the second half when Tandberg caught Everton goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan off her line and lobbed the ball from 40 yards out to stun the home crowd into silence. 

While the Blues’ second-half performance was better than the first 45, they failed to carve out meaningful openings and ended the game without a shot on target.

Despite the promising start last weekend, Sorensen and his players have a lot to do. They also looked tepid in the opening 30 minutes against Liverpool and were outplayed by Spurs in every department here.

The Blues will return to Goodison Park with a match scheduled against London City Lionesses on September 19.

 

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