Tottenham marked their first WSL outing at their new Brisbane Road home with a victory as they ran out 1-0 winners over Liverpool on Sunday.
A Niamh Fahey own goal after 11 minutes was enough for Spurs to secure their second league win of the season.
Spurs had really struggled to create many clear cut opportunities during their opening two WSL matches, but burst out of the blocks during their first competitive outing at Brisbane Road.
Rehanne Skinner’s side were rewarded for their fast start and opened the scoring inside 11 minutes. Celin Bizet burst past Jazz Matthew, and the summer signing’s low cross was diverted into her own net by Niamh Fahey.
Spurs continued to apply the pressure as they searched for a second. Drew Spence rattled the upright with a fizzing effort from range, and Nikola Karczewska guided Ashleigh Neville’s cross narrowly wide.
The lively Neville was right in the thick of the first half action and came within a whisker of doubling her side’s advantage before the break, but her effort cannoned onto the cross bar after being smartly played in behind by Angharad James.
An improved Liverpool registered their first shot on target just before the hour mark, Yana Daniels forcing a comfortable save from Tinja-Riikka Korpela after the space had opened up for her on the edge of the box.
Substitute Ceri Holland skipped past three challenges and fired narrowly over as the Reds started to push for an equaliser.
Rhiannon Roberts flashed a dangerous delivery begging to be buried across the face of goal, and Katie Stengel called Korpela into action after a driving run and strike for the Liverpool forward as the clocked ticked towards the 90 minute mark, but Spurs hung on to claim all three points.
GK: Tinja-Riikka Korpela – 7/10 – Comfortably held onto a Daniels effort, punched away a Roberts cross and did well to palm away a stinging Stengel effort. Cool with the ball at her feet.
RB: Amy Turner – 6/10 – Beaten by Hinds in the early exchanges but grew into the game defensively. Rarely ventured forward until firing an effort narrowly wide in the first half.
CB: Shelina Zadorsky – 7/10 – Very strong distribution, made an important block to keep out Koivisto in the second half.
CB: Molly Bartrip – 7/10 – Produced a great piece of defending to prevent Stengel bursting through on goal in the first half – and then kickstarted a move from which Spurs almost doubled their advantage.
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