Despite a gutsy performance, we were beaten 4-2 on penalties by Manchester City in the final of the FA Women’s Continental League Cup on Saturday.
We worked tirelessly throughout, but would ultimately be made to pay for failing to take advantage of our dominant first-half performance.
We started brightly with Beth Mead, Danielle van de Donk and Kim Little showing great fluidity through the middle.
This carved open space for Mead, who failed to capitalise on a fine lofted pass from Lisa Evans, before McCabe fired over from close range.
We continued to dominate possession for the remainder of the opening 45 minutes, but on the stroke of half-time, City had a golden opportunity to open the scoring against the run of play.