Tottenham Hotspur have had a rough time of it against the very best teams in the WSL this season, but they’ve done quite well against the rest of the league. Today, Spurs kept the pressure on the WSL’s top three with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over a talented Brighton & Hove Albion Women team. Spurs got two second half goals within a minute from Signe Gaupset and Olivia Holdt, overcoming a solid performance by Brighton’s Nigerian keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie to preserve the win, their second straight in the league.
Martin Ho opted to start the match with the same XI that he used in last week’s 4-1 win over Birmingham City. However, the match started disastrously for Spurs, as a defensive lapse led to a very early goal from Brighton’s Frank Kirby to put Brighton up 0-1. Olivia Garcia squared a simple ball in the box for a wide open Kirby, and the former England international made easy work of the chance to put the visitors up 1-0.
Spurs settled quickly and tried to find an equalizer, but despite some good work to progress the ball wide via the flanks and a few chances, they weren’t able to find the net in the first half.
The second half started with a bang for Spurs, who scored two goals from Signe Gaupset and Olivia Holdt inside one minute early in the second period to go from one down to one ahead. Tottenham tested Nnadozie on numerous other occasions and defended well as Brighton started pouring attackers forward trying to find an equalizer. Spurs did an admirable job to stymie Brighton’s offense and could’ve scored another goal or two, but in the end two goals were enough. The final score was 2-1.
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