As a new era began at Goodison Park, any Everton women’s fans hoping to see a great goal join the long list of iconic strikes scored across 133 years of this famous ground’s history were indeed provided with a memorable one. The problem for the hosts was, it was scored by a Tottenham player.
When Cathinka Tandberg spotted Courtney Brosnan off her line, as she received the ball 35 yards out, she did not hesitate to attempt the lob, and she would spoil the party for Everton in their first competitive match since making Goodison Park their permanent home. Her first-time strike dropped perfectly and capped off a thoroughly impressive away performance for the north London club, who made it two victories out of two so far under their new head coach, Martin Ho.
That ambitious effort, four minutes into the second half, came after Olga Ahtinen had slotted Tottenham in front 27 minutes into a first half they controlled, with Everton unable to click into gear. Ahtinen’s opener came after she won the ball on the edge of the area, played a one-two with Tandberg and slotted low past Brosnan.
Both goals came from Tottenham pressing with intensity, as Bethany England similarly tackled Rion Ishikawa before laying the ball off for Tandberg’s long-range lob, on the Norway striker’s first start since her deadline-day move from the Swedish side Hammarby.
