Charlotte Healy delighted as Bristol City Women beat Portsmouth to secure new boss' first win

Charlotte Healy delighted as Bristol City Women beat Portsmouth to secure new boss' first win

Charlotte Healy was left feeling "delighted" after Bristol City Women got the better of Portsmouth to secure their first win of their new head coach's tenure and the WSL 2 season at the Robins High Performance Centre.

The Robins were able to bounce back from their opening day defeat away to Birmingham City with a 2-0 home victory over Pompey on Sunday afternoon. Rio Hardy's first goal in red and white since her summer move from Rangers and Lexi Lloyd-Smith's late strike proved to be enough to keep all three points in south Bristol.

City took the lead after 40 minutes when Hardy controlled an Emily Syme pass inside the Pompey box before slotting a low right-footed shot past Jess Gray and int