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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sarah Rendell

England 1-1 Canada: Arnold Clark Cup women’s football friendly – as it happened

Player of the match Millie Bright of England in action.
Player of the match Millie Bright of England in action. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images

Well, what a match! Thank you for joining me for England’s Arnold Clark Cup opener.

Millie Bright’s stunner may have put England a nose ahead but Janine Beckie made sure they didn’t hold their lead with an equally beautiful goal.

England are back in action on Sunday against Spain with Canada playing Germany the same day.

But if you would like to re-visit all the action from tonight’s match, read Louise Taylor’s report here.

England manager Sarina Wiegman said to ITV: “I think this is the competitive match we needed. We played very good first half but I thought we were sometimes a little sloppy. We created a lot of chances and we need to be more ruthless.

“It’s good to see how we reacted [to Beckie’s goal]. We lost too many balls in the second half.

“We need to be more tight and stay together. Bright and Hemp did well, I’m impressed.”

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