After making her Arsenal debut in our 5-1 win at home to Watford in the Adobe Women's FA Cup, Emily Fox is pleased with how quickly she's settling into the club since her arrival early in the January transfer window.
"I thought it was great – the fans were amazing," she said. "Being here for the first time, it’s crazy that a week-and-a-half has passed and we’re already playing. It’s great to get my first cap here, and I’m really excited.
"Honestly, it’s been really smooth. The girls, the staff, everyone’s been so welcoming and really helpful [after] coming from a different country, so I’m really thankful for that, and same with the fans. I feel like with my first game, it felt really good with lots of encouragement and support, and that’s all you can ask for."
In terms of the game itself, Emily got to see what it was like to play with her teammates for the first time and couldn't have asked for a much better start.
"I definitely think it’s a building block," she said. "I know that we want to keep finishing chances and being more clinical with everything that we get. It was a good performance, a good win, but we can definitely learn from it, move on from it and focus on the next game."
That next game is against Everton at Meadow Park on Saturday, January 20, and Emily will be hoping to make her Barclays Women's Super League debut for the 2pm kick-off.
"I’m really excited, like I said I’m taking it one game at a time, really one day at a time sorting everything out. Yeah, it’s really exciting and I can’t wait."
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