Match ends, Bristol City Women 0, Tottenham Hotspur Women 1.
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Bristol City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Bethany England fires Spurs to win
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Bethany England scored her first Women’s Super League goal of the season to earn Tottenham victory over bottom side Bristol City at Ashton Gate.
England fired the visitors in front after two minutes when she collected Grace Clinton’s searching pass, cut inside two players and rifled home left-footed into the near post.
Robert Vilahamn’s side should have won more comfortably but were guilty of missing a hatful of chances to put the result beyond doubt.
Celin Bizet twice went close in a matter of minutes, while Jessica Naz missed the target when well placed inside the area shortly before half-time.
In the second half, Drew Spence saw a stinging effort tipped over by Robins goalkeeper Fran Bentley, who was playing her first game since the opening weekend of the season after recovering from injury.
Substitute Wang Shuang also hit the bar with a header from Eveliina Summanen’s corner.
Tottenham remain sixth, but are now just three points behind Manchester United in fifth. Bristol City are six points adrift of safety after a 13th defeat from their 17 league games this season.
After flirting with relegation last season Tottenham look certain to improve on their ninth-place finish from 2022-23.
They also have an FA Cup semi-final against Leicester to look forward to next month.
Robins running out of time
Bristol City badly need to pick up points if they are to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.
The Robins have endured a miserable season so far and set two more unhappy milestones after this latest defeat.
Lauren Smith’s side have now lost their last 11 WSL games, equalling the record set by Yeovil Town between 2017 and 2018.
They are also just the second team to lose their first eight home games of a campaign after Doncaster Rover Belles in 2016.
They did show spirit and resilience to recover from going a goal down so early, but the narrow scoreline was more down to poor Spurs finishing as they rarely troubled visiting goalkeeper Becky Spencer.
Despite their poor form City are not down yet, with 11th-placed West Ham still within reach.
But it will take a remarkable revival in form in their final five games if they are to survive, especially as they are still to play the top three of Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Line-ups
Bristol City Women
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Bentley
- 2Powell
- 5Aspin
- 6Connolly
- 3StruckSubstituted forStratigakisat 43′minutes
- 24MorganSubstituted forBullat 67′minutes
- 9HaylesSubstituted forWardat 43′minutesBooked at 89mins
- 8Rodgers
- 16Syme
- 7HarrisonSubstituted forEvansat 67′minutes
- 17Thestrup
Substitutes
- 13Clark
- 15Bull
- 18Stratigakis
- 22Evans
- 29Ward
- 30Yañez
- 36Slocombe
- 37Durrant
- 39Kendall
Tottenham Women
Formation 4-3-3
- 22Spencer
- 29Neville
- 4James-Turner
- 21Bühler
- 6Nildén
- 25Summanen
- 24SpenceSubstituted forGrahamat 76′minutes
- 8ClintonSubstituted forAhtinenat 76′minutes
- 7NazSubstituted forVinbergat 62′minutes
- 9England
- 14Bizet IldhusøySubstituted forWangat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Grant
- 10Brazil
- 11Petzelberger
- 13Vinberg
- 16Graham
- 20Ahtinen
- 23Ayane
- 27Heeps
- 77Wang
- Referee:
- Phoebe Cross
- Attendance:
- 5,262
Live Text
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Second Half ends, Bristol City Women 0, Tottenham Hotspur Women 1.
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Matilda Vinberg (Tottenham Hotspur Women) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Wang Shuang.
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Matilda Vinberg (Tottenham Hotspur Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mari Ward (Bristol City Women).
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Offside, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Matilda Vinberg is caught offside.
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Offside, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Kit Graham is caught offside.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Conceded by Megan Connolly.
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Attempt saved. Matilda Vinberg (Tottenham Hotspur Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kit Graham.
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Foul by Kit Graham (Tottenham Hotspur Women).
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Brooke Aspin (Bristol City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Offside, Bristol City Women. Sarah Stratigakis is caught offside.
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Mari Ward (Bristol City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Eveliina Summanen (Tottenham Hotspur Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mari Ward (Bristol City Women).
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Attempt missed. Wang Shuang (Tottenham Hotspur Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Conceded by Amy Rodgers.
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Attempt missed. Amalie Thestrup (Bristol City Women) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ella Powell.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Fran Bentley (Bristol City Women).
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US Open women’s final 2024: Aryna Sabalenka holds off Jessica Pegula to win third Grand Slam title
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After losing to Gauff in last year’s final, a tearful Sabalenka admitted she had struggled to deal with the crowd, later saying the noise was so loud it “blocked my ears”.
The atmosphere was no different this time around, with Pegula receiving the majority of the support from the packed 23,000-seater stadium.
There were times when Sabalenka looked like the occasion would again get the better of her as she hit 34 unforced errors and five double faults.
Once the type of player who failed to keep her emotions in check, she has taken active steps to strengthen her mentality, including working with a psychologist, to become one of the most consistent competitors on the WTA Tour.
With injuries disrupting her season – she struggled with a stomach problem at the French Open before a shoulder issue ruled her out of Wimbledon – Sabalenka has got back on track with successive titles after beating Pegula in the final of last month’s Cincinnati Open.
“I wish she would have at least let me get one set. We had a tough match in Cincinnati a few weeks ago and she’s one of the best in the world,” Pegula said.
“She’s super powerful and isn’t going to give you anything, she can take the racquet out of your hand.”
Sabalenka’s victory in New York sees her become the first player to win both hard-court Slams in the same year since Angelique Kerber in 2016.
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Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: What BBC Radio 5 Live saw in Lee Carsley’s first game
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Ian Dennis
Even before we had gone live on air for 5 Live, it was noticeable how involved Lee Carsley was with the warm-up.
The interim head coach even placed the red and white cones out in the England half of the field.
He was waiting on the pitch as a solitary figure before the players came out to warm up.
Carsley was actively involved along with his assistants Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott. It’s a significant change in approach to that of Gareth Southgate or previous managers.
I even remember Fabio Capello, when he was England head coach, watching intently from the sidelines along with his assistant Franco Baldini – but they would study and monitor the opposition.
Carsley was purely focused on his England players and looked comfortable as a tracksuit manager.
John Murray
If you were looking for a different approach from Lee Carsley, it was there right from the start. There was an initial mis-step when he turned right to the home dugout when he first walked down the tunnel, but it was a tracksuited Carsley who laid out the balls and the cones and oversaw the whole of the warm-up.
It served to underline how he wishes to be seen very much as the head coach. And if England replicate the first-half performance, he will not be interim for too much longer.
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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw win trio of golds for GB
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Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw won gold medals on Saturday morning at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, taking Great Britain’s tally to 45.
Graham, 24, won the men’s C1-3 road race, while Wiggs, 44, was victorious in the women’s VL2 200m Va’a Single final.
Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning the women’s VL3 Single final, where there was also a silver medal for Hope Gordon. David Phillipson took silver in the men’s KL2 Single final.
Daniel Powell has guaranteed himself at least a silver medal in the men’s -90kg men’s J1 judo.
In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won the bronze medal in the Grade V individual freestyle event.
Great Britain now have a total of 106 medals at the Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, with 85 golds and 195 total medals, have more.
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