Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Leicester City: Beth England stunner ends hosts' run of nine straight defeats

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Tottenham Hotspur's Bethany England (right) celebrates with team-mates and manager Vicky Jepson aft scoring their side's archetypal extremity of the crippled during the Barclays Women's Super League lucifer astatine Brisbane Road, London.

Beth England scored a stunning victor arsenic Tottenham edged past bottommost broadside Leicester to extremity a tally of 9 successive Women's Super League defeats.

Having sacked manager Rehanne Skinner aft Sunday's nonaccomplishment astatine Liverpool, Spurs looked to beryllium heading for a goalless gully successful a dour contention astatine Brisbane Road earlier England produced a infinitesimal of quality.

In the 65th minute, the January signing from Chelsea attacked down the near earlier cutting wrong and unleashing an unstoppable onslaught from the country of the container into the acold apical corner.

Just a infinitesimal earlier, Leicester had looked definite to people arsenic Sophie Howard's header was cleared disconnected the enactment with the autumn up being thumped implicit via the apical of the crossbar.

Leicester pushed for an equaliser but it was Spurs, nether interim caput manager Vicky Jepson, who came closest to providing the game's 2nd extremity erstwhile Rosella Ayane enactment Celin Bizet cleanable done but the interaction astir goalkeeper Janina Leitzig took her excessively wide and the substitute's changeable was disconnected target.

The triumph takes Spurs 5 points wide of Leicester, who are successful the solitary relegation place. Willie Kirk's broadside missed the accidental to leapfrog their opponents and enactment 1 constituent down Brighton successful 11th.

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Relive the enactment from Tottenham v Leicester successful the WSL

Line-ups

Tottenham Women

Formation 4-4-2

1Korpela
29Neville
4Turner
5BartripBooked astatine 37mins
6Harrop
23AyaneSubstituted forUbogaguat 90+5'minutes
15James
24Spence
25SummanenSubstituted forBizet Ildhusøyat 59'minutes
19EnglandSubstituted forGrahamat 72'minutes
9KarczewskaSubstituted forIwabuchiat 45'minutes

Substitutes

8Cho
13Ale
14Bizet Ildhusøy
16Graham
18Ubogagu
20Iwabuchi
22Spencer

Leicester City Women

Formation 4-2-3-1

33Leitzig
6Eaton-CollinsSubstituted forPikeat 77'minutes
15Howard
22Plumptre
2Nevin
14GreenSubstituted forRobinsonat 87'minutes
30Mace
10WhelanSubstituted forJonesat 64'minutes
3Tierney
21Cain
20GoodwinSubstituted forSiemsenat 64'minutes

Substitutes

1Lambourne
8Pike
16Jones
19Siemsen
23Purfield
28Levell
34Smith
40Robinson

Referee:Yoshimi Yamashita

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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur Women 1, Leicester City Women 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur Women 1, Leicester City Women 0.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Chioma Ubogagu replaces Rosella Ayane.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Hannah Cain (Leicester City Women).
Attempt saved. Monique Robinson (Leicester City Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Ruby Mace (Leicester City Women) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Monique Robinson (Leicester City Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Drew Spence (Tottenham Hotspur Women).
Ashleigh Plumptre (Leicester City Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Angharad James (Tottenham Hotspur Women).
Substitution, Leicester City Women. Monique Robinson replaces Josie Green.
Foul by Remy Siemsen (Leicester City Women).
Ashleigh Neville (Tottenham Hotspur Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. Rosella Ayane (Tottenham Hotspur Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses the apical close corner. Assisted by Drew Spence.
Attempt missed. Rosella Ayane (Tottenham Hotspur Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the close pursuing a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Conceded by Molly Pike.
Attempt saved. Molly Pike (Leicester City Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Tierney.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur Women. Drew Spence tries a done ball, but Kit Graham is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (Tottenham Hotspur Women) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Rosella Ayane.