If there were hope that the Hammers would put on a winning show in front of an impressive home crowd of 24,790 – beating the 24,564 at Stamford Bridge on the opening weekend, but behind the record-setting 31,213 at the Etihad Stadium – Tottenham’s team sheet will have buoyed them. In their maiden Women’s Super League season the Hammers reached the FA Cup final at Wembley and, controversially, were denied a request to switch their men’s fixture to avoid a clash with fans eager to attend both. The former this time whipped a cross in from the left as Dean wriggled between centre-backs Gilly Flaherty and Laura Vetterlein to send a stunning, powerful header low into the bottom corner and provoke jubilant scenes from the little pocket of Spurs fans at the opposite end. The players to watch in the Women's Super League (Read Sport) West Ham looked for the instant reply, Longhurst finding Leon on the left but strike deflected off Anna Filbey. A mistake from an influential Filbey gifted Swiss forward Alisha Lehmann the ball on the edge of the box, she squared selflessly to Thomas, who had a better angle, but her shot was saved, it fell kindly to Longhurst but her lashed effort flew wide.
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