Mana Iwabuchi’s rocket fires Aston Villa to WSL win over Tottenham

Mana Iwabuchi secured Aston Villa’s first home win in the Women’s Super League as they triumphed 1-0 over Tottenham.

Recent Villa arrival Iwabuchi scored with a spectacular strike from outside the box in the 12th minute at the Banks’s Stadium.

Despite Spurs’ domination of possession in the first half, Villa were able to hold off the visitors’ attacking threat and maintained their slender advantage going into half-time.

Tottenham mustered a handful of scrappy attempts after the break, but Villa’s solid defence continued to deprive them of any meaningful goalscoring opportunities.

With Saturday’s win, Villa move up two positions to ninth in the WSL table and are once again five points clear of Bristol City in the relegation zone, while Tottenham sit seventh.