Sørensen encouraged by 'positive' Everton win

Brian Sørensen was encouraged after watching his Aston Villa side hold off a late Everton rally to secure another Women's Super League win on Sunday.

The visitors made another fast start as Noelle Maritz opened the scoring, before Amalie Vangsgaard netted a brace to put them three goals to the good shortly after half time.

While Everton did score twice late on, Villa managed to hold out and record their second league win of 2026/27 on the road.

Speaking to VillaTV post match Sørensen said: "I liked a lot of things in there.

"I think we were good in the pressure, especially first half, but also some part of second half where we could have really finished the game off to 4-0 or 5-0.

"We didn't and then unfortunately allowed them back, but I'll focus on the positive. There was so much good stuff in our play and also defensively."

He continued, "I think we'll analyse how can we shut that game completely down defensively, but at the end of the day, we got the three points.

"(It was) a really tough away game. So yeah, pleased for the girls, for the staff, for everyone."

The victory at Goodison Park was Villa's third in the space of a week, following Players Cup success at Burnley and a first league win against Liverpool last weekend.

Sørensen believes that this run of positive results indicates that the team are starting to hit their stride.

"How we want to play, we're getting closer to that for sure, both off the ball and on the ball. So, it's building.

"It's step by step, it's following the process and trusting that, but it's also super nice to get the reward."

The Villa interim head coach finished by looking ahead to Wednesday night's huge second city derby against Birmingham City, noting the importance of the fans as we look to continue our perfect Players Cup record.

"For sure (looking forward to it). That's the derby and it's at Keys Park, hopefully we can fill the place out and create a fantastic atmosphere. 

"You need their support going into that derby. Against Liverpool, we heard them so much.

"So if can we get even more people to come and fill that out against Birmingham in the derby, I don't think it can be better than that."

Watch Sørensen's full post-match interview with VillaTV below...