Women’s FA Cup final: ‘This is not the end’, says Spurs boss Robert Vilahamn

Tottenham boss Robert Vilahamn said “this is not the end, this is the beginning” after his side were well-beaten by Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup final.

Spurs ultimately fell short as United comfortably won 4-0 at Wembley to claim their first major trophy.

Marc Skinner’s side were dominant and scored four goals from their eight shots on target, while Spurs failed to have a single effort on goal.

But Vilahamn believes his players are closing the gap between themselves and the top teams, and have to take the positives from the result.

“The main thing I said was this is not the end, it is the beginning,” Vilahamn said.

“We still have a gap between us and the top teams but that’s normal. We are closing the gap but we haven’t closed the gap yet.”

Vilahamn’s first season in charge of the north London club has been a positive one, securing a sixth-placed Women’s Super League finish and reaching a Wembley final.

While that final came sooner than many may have thought, and the result was far from what Spurs wanted, Vilahamn wants to use the hurt to bounce back.

“If you take away the feelings right now, you need to look at these players doing some incredible things this year.

“We are at Wembley playing in front of our fans and they are actually enjoying it and staying, and supporting us after.

“We got a good experience today and we are learning how to play at Wembley more times. We need to look at it that way because the players are amazing.”