Marc Skinner explained the unusual attacking-midfield role Elisabeth Terland was asked to play in Sunday’s Subway Women’s League Cup defeat to Chelsea was a deliberate tactic to create “overloads” centrally.
It was expected beforehand that Teri might lead the line in the no.9 position, with Ellen Wangerheim out wide, a position she’s played a number of times since arriving in January.
But Terland actually operated just behind Wangerheim, and the Norwegian had a number of opportunities to shoot at goal – including bringing a save out of Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton in the opening two minutes of the final in Bristol.