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The Reds made a constructive begin to the Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League fixture however, after our hosts – the reigning European champions – settled halfway via the primary half, Phallon was stored busy for a lot of the encounter’s the rest.
Our no.91 dived on the toes of Olivia Smith, Arsenal’s report signing, to smother a close-range try on aim, earlier than staying alert to maintain out a deflected effort from former Reds striker Alessia Russo in first-half stoppage time.
After the break, the Gunners continued to place the strain on and Marc Skinner’s facet needed to defend resiliently. As we did, Tullis-Joyce continued to thwart Russo, stretching out a leg to maintain out a scrappy strike earlier than getting down to assemble a intelligent goalbound flick from the Arsenal ahead.
Substitute Caitlin Foord was additionally denied from vary earlier than our goalkeeper made an enormous stoppage-time intervention, diving low to her left to cease a shot from Victoria Pelova, which threatened to undo our good work on the final and nick the factors for the hosts.
