So great to be back at Meadow Park watching Arsenal - really missed this!
Brighton were, as ever, very well organised defensively especially given they were down to 10 for almost the entire game. They certainly made it difficult for our players to score with so many bodies in the box/on the line - thought Walsh had an excellent game in goal as well. But we did have a ridiculous number of chances and probably should have scored more of them. We were rewarded with 4 great goals in the end though (and maybe should have had Viv's as well - was Beth offside??) and it's a good start to the season.
There was some really brilliant football being played at times and I'm really excited to watch this team grow together even more over the season and see what they can achieve.
Thought all 3 of our January signings (Rafa, Stina & Laura) performed really well - looking forward to seeing them more now they've had more time to settle in. Really liked what we saw of Lina too - very excited to see what she can bring to the team!
It was great to see a full Meadow Park, especially for a night game - although it does help it's a Friday, hopefully it'll be another good crowd on Tuesday for the Ajax game and then of course we head to the Emirates on Saturday for hopefully a record breaking crowd!
The tribute to Maria before the game was really lovely and I thought it was a particularly sweet touch to include her in the squad list on the back of the programme:
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