Alessia Russo scored on her return to the Leigh Sports Village, as we were held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester United.
"I think we’re disappointed not to take the three points," said Russo, after the match, "We have really high standards and we want to be winning and we want to be competing so, disappointed.
“But lots of positives to take and we’ve got a massive block coming up so it’s a quick turnaround now for Brighton.”
It took our side over an hour to break down the hosts’ defence, with Russo hitting home, assisted by an electric Emily Fox.
“I was just saying before that I’m my own biggest critic at times and I want to be scoring as much as I can so to get one today was really nice and nice to celebrate with all the girls.
“United are a top side. They’ve got lots of structure and lots of discipline, especially at the back, and it’s tough to break down but I think we took our goal and momentum swung.”
With a match against Brighton at Emirates Stadium on the horizon, our number 23 knows that our squad what has it takes to push to the next level.
“We know the talent we’ve got in the changing room. We know that we’ve got the style to match it so it’s just about really pushing on now. We’ve got a massive block ahead of us and we can’t take our foot off of the gas at all.”
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