Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur Women 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday thanks to goals from Kim Little and Vivianne Miedema in front of a record WSL crowd of 38,262. Tim Stillman spoke to Gunners forward Danielle van de Donk exclusively for Arseblog News post-match.

On ignoring the hype and getting the job done…

We just wanted three points and a clean sheet and we did it, but we know it wasn’t our best game today.

On Spurs playing two upfront and marking Arsenal’s centre halves…

Yes, that was a bit of a surprise to be fair, but we do practice to play against every system. But I must say they are doing very well, I think they have a very good team, quite a young team too. I actually really like how they play, they got their tactics right today I think. It was obvious that they were very hungry to get points against Arsenal.

On playing on the right hand side of the attack…

It’s not my favourite role, but that’s the ask of me for the team and I am doing the job. It’s still not a bad role at all to be fair, it could be a lot worse! I’m scoring some goals from there this season which makes everything better.

? It’s the north London derby…

? It’s Tottenham 0-0 Arsenal…

? Bragging rights are on the line… Step forward, #CaptainLittle ? pic.twitter.com/2KAZ4eUrzw — Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) November 17, 2019

On the manager’s message with the score at 0-0 at half-time…

We had to work on how much pressure we were putting them under, he had a lot of things to say! He knew we weren’t quite doing enough that we were being a bit sloppy. He told us to forget about it though, that we had another 45 minutes to get the goal. Once Kim got the goal it all became a bit easier for us.

On being confident that the goal would come…

Yeah I was, I don’t know what it is but I stay relaxed and chilled, I don’t really get scared anymore I just know it’s gonna come. We’ve just got so many people on the pitch that can score goals so I feel comfortable….That sounded arrogant, I didn’t mean to sound arrogant!

On the WSL getting more difficult…

Definitely, the league is growing and the competition is getting harder and harder and everyone competes with one another. That’s what makes the league so special and I’m very intrigued by it and hope that it’s gonna grow and grow and grow.

with thanks to Jason Ilagan for the image.