‘Wonderful feeling’ as Spurs beat Man City to reach first FA Cup semi

Tottenham boss Robert Vilahamn said it is a “very most fascinating feeling” to reach the semi-finals of the Ladies folks’s FA Cup for the first time after coming from at the aid of to beat Manchester Metropolis on penalties.

Amy James-Turner scored the winning penalty as Spurs gained the shootout 4-3, with goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer saving two of Metropolis’s arena-kicks.

“I assume we deserved it,” Vilahamn told the membership online net page. “The sport tonight is fabulous, your complete gamers coming in, you may possibly well even feel it.”

Metropolis had taken a sixth-minute lead thru Mary Fowler in a controlled performance at Brisbane Street, the Australia forward gathering a Khadija Shaw pass earlier than sending a deflected shot past Spencer.

Going forward so early made the sport pleased for Metropolis, who deployed slick passing strikes to work thru Tottenham’s defence as they looked to extend their advantage.

But they failed to invent so and were punished when Bethany England compelled the sport into beyond regular time within the sixth minute of added time, rolling the ball into an empty salvage after a defensive mix-up saw keeper Khiara Keating fail to total a routine clearance.

With Spurs impressed by their last-gasp equaliser, they had the larger opportunities to accumulate earlier than penalties decided the final consequence, and Tottenham secured a historic last-four look within the competition.

“After we scored to invent it 1-1 within the last 2nd, we deserved that. It’s far a in point of fact most fascinating feeling,” added Vilahamn.

“Second half of, we took over the sport and we went for it. Scoring within the last 2nd is an even larger feeling.

“I’m very pleased with the ladies as a consequence of they’ve proven that we can no longer most fascinating compete [with], we basically beat the top three groups. That’s if reality be told good to peep.”

Metropolis’s defeat was additional soured by the enforced substitution of Ladies folks’s Trim League top scorer Shaw, who went off within the 2nd half of with an obvious shoulder peril.

Ideal-four newcomers Tottenham join Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester within the semi-closing scheme, which takes region at around 08:20 GMT on Tuesday at some level of BBC Radio 5 Are residing Breakfast.

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Metropolis architects of their have downfall

Manchester Metropolis did no longer invent basically the most of their domination of the ball or having more photographs than Spurs, and were made to pay.

Metropolis boss Gareth Taylor said his side “did no longer if reality be told deserve to accumulate.”

He told the membership online net page: “It was trusty a bit bit flat. After that first 20-25 minutes, we must be taking a mediate to spin and salvage more after that.

“In the 2nd half of we couldn’t patch the leisure together at all. I’ve at all times spoken [of] performance being the most important to potentially getting victories however I did no longer assume we deserved it enough today and that is the reason the disappointing thing.”

Fowler looked predicament to salvage one more soon after her opener, however a volleyed effort bounced into the floor and was caught by Spencer.

Others toiled to get a 2nd, with Shaw firing vast when she met a curved Filippa Angeldahl unpleasant at the shut to submit and Metropolis entered the smash with most fascinating a slim lead.

Metropolis remained firmly on top initially of the 2nd half of and looked more likely to salvage once more, with Shaw agonisingly heading a Leila Ouahabi unpleasant over the bar from six yards.

The likely lack of Shaw – who has scored 15 cases in 14 league games this season – to peril is on the total a significant blow to Metropolis’s WSL title project.

They were architects of their have downfall as they allowed Tottenham a unhurried leveller, Keating and Laia Aleixandri miscommunicating and leaving the ball totally free for England to salvage.

Spurs lacked an cease product and Metropolis produced few definite-decrease possibilities within the additional duration, and neither side was in a region to keep far from a penalty shootout.

England practically snatched victory for Spurs when she met a floated unpleasant interior the box, however headed over.

Tottenham’s success supposed Metropolis have failed to development from the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time within the membership’s history.