LONDON, CMC – Reggae Girl Drew Spence produced a late surprise to cap off an uncomplicated win for Tottenham Hotspurs as they trounced West Ham United 3-1 on the final day of the Women’s Super League season.
With her side already leading 2-1 in added time in the end, the 31-year-old forward curled in from the edge of the box after being set up by Jessica Naz in the ninth minute of stoppage, putting an exclamation mark on a dominant performance at Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium here Saturday.
Naz had earlier, in the 86th, put the hosts ahead after the game was tied 1-1. Riko Ueki leveled in the 50th to cancel Bethany England’s fourth-minute strike, putting the hosts in front from early.
Tottenham ended the season sixth on 31 points, as Chelsea retained their title by crushing Manchester United 6-0. Chelsea finished on 55 points, edging Manchester City—who won 2-1 at Aston Villa—on goal difference.
“We spoke before the game about finishing the season on a high. I knew the players were quite tired after the third game in six days while West Ham have trained for two weeks,” said manager Robert Vilahamn.
“The fans were amazing, we played some excellent football, and in the end, we scored some beautiful goals as well, and ending with Drew’s goal was amazing.”
Bethany’s fifth goal in six games got Tottenham on their way, Martha Thomas finding her in the box after capitalizing on a mistake from goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold.
The hosts wasted opportunities to extend their lead and were made to pay when Ueki ran onto the end of a beautiful through ball from Honoka Hayashi to finish clinically from a tight angle after the break.
After again squandering chances to break the deadlock, Spurs finally found the winner through Naz’s calm finish from inside the box before Spence put the shine on the victory.
The goal was only Spence’s second of the season.
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