Speaking to Palace TV at full-time, she said: "Yeah, it was a bit of a crazy one, we've rotated a fair bit. It's got to be difficult for the players to step in, and a lot of change can kill a lot of rhythm, but I thought we played some nice stuff.

"It was really good to see certain players get some really important minutes - My Cato getting 60 minutes, Ruesha [Littlejohn] getting 45, Shanade [Hopcroft] getting 45, Chloe Arthur getting a really good amount of minutes, Indiah-Paige Riley getting a good amount of minutes, and some good performances as well."

Crucially, the team achieved its twin goals for the afternoon.

"It's important for us. We wanted to win, we wanted to get three points from the game, as well as give players that have needed minutes some really important minutes, and w

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