SARINA WIEGMAN says Mary Earps’ reaction to England conceding against Belgium is a sign of the squad’s high standards.
Her side were relentless on their way to retaining the Arnold Clark Cup netting four second half goals in the 6-1 demolition.
Chloe Kelly’s double on Wednesday night earned her the contest’s Golden Boot
The forward scored three times in the competition with the hosts bagging 12 goals in three games.
And Lauren James efforts saw her earn a player of the tournament prize with Wiegman’s aces now 29 games unbeaten under their boss.
The Lionesses head coach said: “When you go into a tournament, whatever tournament that is, you want to win it.
“This week we wanted to try out some different things, see lots of players and we wanted to see some combination of players
“We also wanted to manage loads and that’s exactly what we did.
“We were able to because players came out really good.”
Belgium’s only goal against the Lionesses came in the 78th minute when Elena Dhont struck for the visitors at Ashton Gate Stadium.
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Reflecting on shot stopper Earps’ reaction to that moment, Wiegman added: “Of course, the standard is really high and you don’t want to concede a goal.
“And she’s the goalkeeper so she really doesn’t, and as a team we won’t want that, and she doesn’t want that either, so of course she was not happy.
“I’m happy with this week, happy with the win and happy with what we have done this week in taking the next steps in preparation for the World Cup.”
“The countries we played (in this year’s Arnold Clark Cup) are just beneath the world’s top (sides).
“I know Italy and Belgium are really improving, but we are too.”
Belgium had an early corner with Tessa Wullaert floating the ball into the box in the second minute
But they found themselves on the back foot with a swift England counter with Lauren James jetting down the right and teeing up Georgia Stanway, who fired wide.
Kelly squared the ball to James in the eighth minute, with the Chelsea starlet sending her close-range shot over the bar.
And the Manchester City ace combined with Ella Toone before blazing an effort over the crossbar herself following a block from Tine De Caigny.
The Lionesses took the lead when Kelly bundled home a 12th-minute opener after James slotted a swift cross into her path.
That advantage was doubled when Lucy Bronze lofted a cross inside the box over Belgium’s defence for Williamson to head home close to half-time.
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The second spell saw Kelly bag her brace in the 50th minute, firing beyond the grasp of goalkeeper Nicky Evrard.
A Julie Biesmans own goal made it 4-0 in the 78th minute, then Bronze finished from close range.
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