Wasteful Arsenal undone by clinical Spurs
Arsenal paid the price for inefficiency against a resilient Tottenham as Jonas Eidevall’s side were dominant in almost every attacking statistic. With 31 shots, Arsenal had an xG of 2.5 but were all too often restricted by poor decision-making (they only registered eight attempts on target) or denied by the brilliance of a defence who put everything on the line to keep the ball out. It was perhaps telling that the Spurs goalkeeper, Barbora Votikova, was awarded the Player of the Match award on her WSL debut. Tottenham created just five opportunities throughout the game, scoring one of their three shots on target, as they continue to develop under the guidance of Robert Vilahamn. Martha Thomas’s goal was a quintessential team effort, a flowing move involving six passes from back to front that delighted her manager. “Dear ChatGPT, show me how Tottenham Hotspur want to score goals!!” he tweeted on Sunday. SD
