As some of you may know I have cup games off from analysis duties so that I can enjoy these matches solely as a fan. Well that didn’t work out quite so well yesterday afternoon as, truthfully, there wasn’t much to enjoy. On what was a blustery overcast day, the weather seemed to seep into the players’ mentality leading to a rather drab goalless draw which Leicester arguably deserved to win.

In a quirk of League Cup rules, if the match ends a draw, both teams receive a point – but a bonus point is awarded to the winner of a penalty shoot-out held immediately after the game. Unfortunately after going 3-2 up following a fine Melina Loeck save, misses from Michelle Agyemang and Maisie Symonds ultimately meant Leicester came away with the extra point.

Dario Vidosic was pretty scathing in his post-match press conference, but as a fan I like that, we have high standards, didn’t come anywhere near them, and you can’t beat around the bush talking in riddles and meaningless platitudes all the time.

If you’d like to read the full match report, courtesy of Bruce Talbot, head over to the Albion’s website HERE. Highlights can be found via the WSL YouTube channel HERE.

The SheGulls Podcast crew will be talking more about our thoughts on the game on this week’s episode, recording Monday and released Tues/Wed.