Carter - Byrne won us all three points

Danielle Carter has hailed Emma Byrne’s match-winning performance in Arsenal Ladies’ victory against Notts County on Sunday.

The Gunners came from a goal behind to beat Rick Passmoor’s side 2-1, thanks to instinctive finishes from Carter and Natalia Pablos Sanchon.

Notts County had a chance to steal a point with four minutes remaining but Byrne reacted brilliantly to keep out Ellen White’s header from close range, and Carter has hailed the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper.

“We’re really happy with the result,” the England Under-23 forward said. “As a forward it’s great to score, but I’m really happy to get a goal that gave Arsenal the win.

“Emma made a great save at the end and she needs to get more credit for that. Natalia and I will get glory for the goals but, for me, that was the match winner.

“I think there’s a lot of belief, they took their chance, but we came out fighting and I think we did deserve to win the game.

“We’ve got to ensure that we don’t have any more significant injuries. I don’t want to jinx it. It’s very tight at the top and if anyone slips up, it can be to everyone else’s advantage.”