This match was not won by a moment of great quality, but it was not a game of great quality either, and Tottenham hardly cared as they celebrated coming back from a goal down to qualify for the first women’s FA Cup final of their history. Against Manchester City in the quarter-finals they conceded early, equalised late and won on penalties and it looked like they were following a similar template on Sunday until Martha Thomas won it with two minutes of extra time remaining.
After an entertaining start the quality dropped as the pressure rose, and in 30 additional minutes the closest either side had come was when Jutta Rantala’s free-kick was tipped on to the underside of the bar in the 99th minute.
