Tottenham Hotspur Women 1-0 Birmingham City Women: Spurs win opening game
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Tottenham Hotspur made a winning start to 2021-22 WSL season by beating Birmingham City 1-0.
Kit Graham wrote her name into Spurs history as she scored the winner at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Birmingham in the Women's Super League.
Graham found the back of the net as her whipped delivery into the box following a short corner routine eluded everyone.
It was the first goal - and first victory - for Spurs women at the fourth attempt at the 62,000-capacity venue.
Birmingham, under new boss Scott Booth, only managed to register two attempts on target.
Spurs struggled for goals last season as they mustered 18 in 22 league games on their way to finishing eighth in the 12-team table.
Against Birmingham, they had 19 attempts of which five were on target.
Graham - before she scored - Jessica Naz and substitutes Tang Jiali and Angela Addison all went close as Rehanne Skinner's team put on an attacking show for their fans.
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New Birmingham boss Booth knows he has work to do if his side are to improve on last season's 11th-place finish.
His side were wasteful when it came to set-pieces, but he will be encouraged by the way they stayed in the game and fought to the finish.
Tottenham boss Rehanne Skinner: "You want to tee yourself up to have a positive start to the season and we have done that.
"We had some really positive opportunities in front of goal. I'm happy with the chances but we obviously want to make sure we convert a few more of them in future.
"There are no surprises from me that Kit Graham has delivered. She is such a technically gifted player who creates a lot of problems for the opposition."