What Bristol City Women lacked in attacking fluidity in their first-half performance in a 3-0 win over Durham Ladies was made up for in character and defensive resilience - traits that manager Lauren Smith says underpinned the Robins season.
Traits that might just prove the pivotal margin as the season crests into its final six matches.
A gritty first-half performance was tenuously claimed by City courtesy of Durham’s Becky Salicki turning in an own-goal on the stroke of half-time. But any gurgling worries of dropped points were swiftly channelled into one-way traffic as second-half goals from January loanees Gracie Pearse and Grace Clinton fired City into a 3-0 victory.
