Crystal Palace endured a difficult afternoon as Tottenham secured a 7-0 victory, maintaining their strong start to the WSL season.
Palace’s challenge became considerably harder in the seventh minute when Fuka Tsunoda was shown a red card for a reckless challenge on Cathinka Tandberg. Tottenham dominated possession against a Palace side defending deep but were unable to find a breakthrough before half-time.
Spurs manager Martin Ho urged his players to commit more bodies to the penalty area during the interval, and the visitors eventually found the ruthlessness they had been missing. Olivia Holdt, making her first start of the season, completed her hat-trick by the 73rd minute.
The result leaves Palace reflecting on a match shaped by the early dismissal and a second-half Tottenham onslaught. Holdt’s three goals formed part of a seven-goal Spurs display after Palace had resisted successfully for much of the opening half.
