No Bright side at home for Blues...

Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleBirmingham Mail (England)
Hope Powell's side backed up their 2-0 triumph over West Ham United on the opening weekend with another impressive display as five different scorers struck at St Andrew's.

Victoria Williams and Inessa Kaagman put the visitors two goals up at the break before Danielle Carter, Emma Koivisto and Kayleigh Green completed the comprehensive victory.

Blues manager Scott Booth said: "We lost some really bad goals from our perspective. Obviously, Emily [Ramsey] makes a mistake for the first goal and we lose that at the start of the game.

"That gets you off to a bad start and then we lose the next goal just prior to half-time so it changes the team talk.

"We knew by coming out a little but more, throwing bodies forward a bit more, we were going to have the potential to lose a goal and that was exactly what happened.

"I think the three goals in the second half were while we were in possession higher up the park and they take the ball off us on the counter attack.

"They were poor goals and if you lose poor goals at this level then you don't give yourself a chance. It's never easy when you...

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