Tottenham Hotspur Women head coach Rehanne Skinner felt her side gave Arsenal too much respect in their humbling 4-0 defeat at the Emirates. Spurs fell behind early to Beth Mead’s excellent finish and Vivianne Miedema doubled the lead shortly before the end of a one-sided first half.
Miedema’s second followed Rafaelle Souza’s header to seal the deal after the break, with Spurs limited to just three shots on goal and one on target in a North London derby they will be keen to forget.
Skinner said: "At half time, we spoke about the fact that I felt like we gave them too much respect actually in the first half and that was probably the main problem. In the second half, we tried to hold ourselves a bit better but I think it still took us too long to pick up and play in the way that we are more familiar with playing.
