Marc Skinner post-match reaction after League Cup win over Spurs | 21 December 2025

WIN MEANS A LOT

“I was really happy with the performance. Obviously, Tottenham, we played against them last week, they showed their resilience and quality. They go ahead through a fantastic goal from Drew, although we’ll be a little bit disappointed from our defensive situation. It means a lot to us [this win], because it sees us through to the semi-finals of the League Cup. Now it’s time for reflection for us and how we can hit the second half of the season with aggression and take on those four competitions.”

HALF-TIME TEAM-TALK

“I said to them at half-time, I need more aggression. I need more focus, and finish your purposeful chances, be aggressive in every action and if you do that, we’ll dominate the game. Tottenham are resilient, they have good players, they can catch you on the break. First half, Phallon made an incredible save, that shows how far she’s risen, she’s a big-time goalkeeper and we needed her. I want to say about the whole team, I had absolute belief in them that we would get back in it.”

WE’RE NOT NICE TO PLAY AGAINST

“When you get the goal and you take your opportunities, it put Spurs in a different psychological space. After the week before they’ll understand just how aggressive we can be and that’s not nice to play against so it put them on the back foot. We knew we could unlock them and we found a way to do that.”