Renée Slegers was delighted with our performance against Aston Villa in the Fourth Round of the Adobe Women's FA Cup, as a 2-0 win took us through to the last 16 of the competition. 

Goals from Stina Blackstenius and Kim Little in the first 15 minutes of the second half secured a comfortable win, our first of 2026. 

"Very happy with the result," Renee said after the game, "happy with the clean sheet, how the team defended our goal because there were a couple of warning shots in the first half. 

"I think we could have scored in the first half as well, (but) I think we go up in intensity in the second half. We're more determined in what we want to do and what we want to create and we stick to the basics as well because defending was important today. 

"First contact, second balls; the whole team did that today, we were invested. I'm really happy with the result and I think the two goals, happy with the set-piece goal and the other goal is just a really good team goal as well." 

Sunday's FA Cup tie was our first of four...