Karen Duggan

But 5-0, that's when you're in a relegation battle and you're off the back of a tough 2025.

That's not how you want to start your year.

Yeah, I mean, it was it was one of those corners.

It's a difficult one to deal with.

It was Suman whipped a ball into the front post, but there wasn't a huge amount of pressure on from Spurs across the front post.

It was I think it was miscommunication between the keeper and her or the communication coming too late and you're kind of half in the air and.

you you had just you can't go back then um which is a pity for Leicester because I thought they they were pretty bright at times I thought um on the counter-attack mailing was was good um uh O'Brien got up well and Mushan was bright for them but yeah um

when like that when things aren't going for you they're just not going for you but Spurs yeah it's just it's a win under their belt and the fact that they're ahead of United they're breathing down Arsenal's neck they won't really care that it wasn't an A plus performance from them they've got like you said earlier Hamano in now like that's that's a big one they've done well in the transfer window they're showing ambition there so

I wouldn't bet against them just because I do feel like this is a different Spurs to what we've seen before I think there's a lot more resolve in them they're not as headless and gung-ho and all out attack that they've got a bit more balance this year obviously I'm hoping for United that that's not the case and they've got a harder run of games but three points straight back at the start of 2026 to get up into fourth they'll be very very happy

I thought she was positive.

Yeah, just her final product didn't kind of have a huge amount of conviction, but I thought that she was positive in her movements.

well I think it was all about the goal Hansen's goal to put them 2-1 up and turn it around was an absolute cracker you know she just hit across it got top corner she's six in the last nine games for a team that was kind of stuttering at the start of the league and they've kind of clawed their way up the table a little bit before the match obviously Brighton were ahead of them they switched places with this win yeah

and yeah look it was it was pretty even game I thought that for the most part at the start that Brighton were good um but again they didn't take their chances when they were on top and that gave Aston Villa a sniff um Daly's header to to level it was brilliant and then obviously to concede again within another two minutes that was a real hammer blow for Brighton um

So yeah, back-to-back home wins for Villa.

That's something that they needed.

They needed their form to turn around at home if they're going to kind of progress and push on a little bit.

Like there's still a gap, big gap between them and the Man United who are in fifth.

But in terms of the best of the rest, that's certainly that Villa will want to be in there.

They're in sixth now.

And I think that that's probably a position they need to be aiming for to end up at the end of the season.