Anouk Denton was first over to celebrate with West Ham United women’s team hero Manuela Paví following the winger’s last-minute equaliser against Manchester City on Wednesday evening.
The defender, playing as a right-wing back at Chigwell Construction Stadium, embraced with the Colombia international as the rest of the ground celebrated another monumental result in east London.
The England U23 international caused havoc for the Manchester City defence in the first half, joining the attackers in hounding down the opposition backline with their press, and played a part in the all-important leveller.
“It was so great to get the late goal,” said Denton. “I was in the box and I wanted Paví to pass to me and then when she shot, I was so happy!
“[The celebrations were] so great. I feel like we were on top in the game and we had so many chances, more than we would usually have against a team like City. So I felt like we deserved a point out of it, definitely.
“I think we definitely could have gone ahead so many times, so to get a point out of it, we definitely deserved that.
“She's [Paví] a great person. She doesn't really speak much English, but she still has so many friends and she's so great.”
The result follows on from a positive display against high-flying Arsenal on Sunday and a victory against Brighton & Hove Albion in the WSL - and Denton stated the women’s team are full of confidence.
She said: “I feel like we're going into the games knowing that we can win them. We don't really have doubts because we know that we're really strong as a team and we can beat any team. So it's good.
“There’s lots of positivity in the team.”
