While it has been an impressive start to our Barclays Women’s Super League campaign, Eveliina Summanen is just focusing on the next game.
An all-important 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, after Cathinka Tandberg’s third goal in Lilywhite separated the two sides at Brisbane Road, saw us climb to third in the WSL table.
Claiming our fourth win from our opening five games, Martin Ho’s impressive start as Head Coach continues, but next up is last season’s league winners, Chelsea, on Sunday (12 October) at Kingsmeadow – as we sit within one point of our London rivals.
Midfielder Eveliina has been an ever-present in Ho’s starting XI so far, starting in all five games, and while she highlighted the importance of getting the three points against the Seagulls, she wants us to remain focused on ourselves ahead of this weekend’s derby.
Speaking to SPURSPLAY after the Brighton win, Eveliina told us: “We had a good first half, got the goal, and then obviously there were some harder times in the second half.
“But we got the clean sheet and three points - and that’s the most important thing in front of our home fans.
“I think we just need to keep focusing on ourselves,” she said. “There’s still a lot of work to do in the way we play — we want to be a little bit better every single week.
“As long as we focus on ourselves, we’ve got a good chance to get a win and a clean sheet against Chelsea. Why not?”
The narrow 1-0 victory over the Seagulls showcased another resolute and disciplined defensive performance as we claimed our third clean sheet in five games – bettering our tally of two in the 2024/25 season.
“We definitely need to work on managing the whole 90 minutes and having a bit more control throughout the game,” she added, when asked about the defensive performance. “But at the end of the day, we put bodies on the line in our own box and prevented all the tough chances from them. So, a clean sheet is always good.”