Bristol City Women 1-6 Tottenham Women: Shekiera Martinez hat-trick fires Spurs to huge Players Cup win
Tottenham Women ran riot at the Robins High Performance Centre, thumping Bristol City 6-1 in the WSL Players Cup to make it two wins and a draw from their last three in the competition. It was a statement away performance from Spurs, who were utterly dominant for long periods and leave Bristol having barely had to get out of second gear.
The visitors were ahead inside 14 minutes when Shekiera Martinez opened the scoring, and she doubled her tally just ten minutes later in the 24th minute to put Spurs firmly in control. In between, Olivia Holdt added a third in the 20th minute, and Signe Gaupset made it four shortly before the break with a goal in the 41st minute. Bristol City did pull one back through Rio Hardy in first-half stoppage time, giving the home fans something to cheer, but it was little more than a consolation at that stage.
Spurs picked up exactly where they left off after the interval, with Matilda Nildén restoring the four-goal cushion just four minutes into the second half. Martinez then completed her hat-trick in the 78th minute to round off the scoring and put a emphatic gloss on the scoreline.
There was a single card for each side during the match: Bristol City's Gemma Lawley was booked in the 31st minute, while Tottenham's Lenna Gunning-Williams, introduced from the bench at half-time, picked up a yellow of her own in the 56th minute. Spurs made full use of their substitutes' bench across the second half, bringing on Jessica Naz, Drew Spence, Julie Blakstad, Gunning-Williams and Matilda Vinberg as the game wore on, while Bristol City also freshened things up with Sophie Ingle, Emma Bissell and Maria Farrugia all getting minutes.
The result lifts Tottenham to third in the WSL Players Cup group standings with seven points from three games, keeping them well in the hunt near the top of the pool. Bristol City, by contrast, remain without a win in the competition and sit down in 17th place after this latest defeat, continuing a difficult run that has also included a loss to Charlton in their previous outing.
A crowd of 496 was in attendance at the Robins High Performance Centre to witness the rout, as Tottenham's attacking players took their chances with real clinical edge. With Martinez grabbing a hat-trick and three different other players also getting on the scoresheet, it was as complete a away performance as Spurs fans could have hoped for heading into the next round of fixtures.
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