Beth England post Man United on recovery from injury

Tottenham Hotspur Women

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00:00 Bethany, not the result we wanted today, but you are back, you are on the pitch.

00:03 How does that feel?

00:05 Yes, it feels great to be back, obviously dampened by the result today.

00:09 I wish we could have done more in the game and scored some goals,

00:13 but on a personal note, it's great to be back with the team.

00:17 You know what it's like when the chips are slightly down, you can help, you're the captain.

00:21 We've got to build that resilience and that confidence to go again for the North London Derby and Arsenal again on Wednesday.

00:28 Yes, we've got a big week, tough teams, three games in a week.

00:32 So we've just got to look at the positives from tonight,

00:35 take that into the next game and regroup because we can't dwell on what's just happened.

00:39 We have to go again and pick ourselves up and, again, like you said, find that resilience in ourselves

00:43 and get through these next few games at Christmas and then have a good break ready to go again in the new year.

00:49 You also had a little bit of time with Martha on the pitch.

00:52 Are you looking forward to linking up with her a little bit more the rest of the season?

00:56 Yes, I think it's going to be a good partnership.

00:58 I think we balance each other out quite well.

01:00 I think we're both quite good at holding the ball up.

01:02 Obviously, she's a bit quicker than me, so she's probably better for the ball in behind.

01:05 But I think, obviously, it's our first outing together and I think there were spells of good combination.

01:11 So hopefully we can continue to grow that and, moving forward, work really well together.

01:15 What do we need to do in the next few days to make sure that we can put on a good performance against Arsenal twice over?

01:21 I think we just need to not sink into ourselves and don't be individual.

01:24 We win as a team, we lose as a team.

01:26 I think it's about getting our arms around each other, focusing on the positives and taking them into the next game,

01:32 because, obviously, Arsenal are on fire at the minute and they're going to be very tough to break down.

01:36 So we just need to stay as tight, as compact as possible and just keep the confidence in the team.