Tottenham Hotspur were dismantled 5-2 by WSL leaders Manchester City on Saturday.
A first-half Bunny Shaw hat-trick did the damage, with City going in 5-1 up at the break.
But Spurs head coach Martin Ho said there were some positive signs in the second half for his side.
“The first half, with the competing and duelling and fighting, it wasn’t there,” he said to the club’s official website.
“We had moments with the ball where we thought we’d done well and maybe could have capitalised on a couple of them. But, the second half, it was a totally different team; aggression, forced more errors out of them technically, forced them into areas we wanted to be and really stepped on with some purpose.
“Then with the ball, I thought we were brave and when we broke through them well, we had numerous chances, probably could have had a couple more with the goals with the chances we had. But just disappointing because we can’t have that first half.”
And he added: “If you look at the second half, there’s so many aspects to take, and we should probably take the positive aspects from it, because we’ve pushed that game second half a lot. We’ve had numerous chances with really good, sustained possession. We have a talented group and a talented team, and we just need to use these experiences more and more to grow in confidence.”
Martin Ho: Tottenham need consistency
Ho took over at the start of the season, and although Tottenham have not managed to force their way into the title race, he still thinks his side have made good progress.
“We can’t let these things derail us and make it look like we’ve had a bad season because, actually, we’ve still got four games to go in this league campaign and we can be competitive in those games because we show it in lots of spells.
“We just haven’t had that consistency through a large game against a top team. We’ve just been [performing in] one half and we need to probably go towards 70, 80 minutes of those games.”
