da premier bet: Mary Earps has recovered from her howler for England against the Netherlands enough to start “making jokes about it”, Keira Walsh has revealed.
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Man Utd goalkeeper made a rare mistakeBeat herself up about conceding soft goalFocus now on last Nations League gameWHAT HAPPENED?
Manchester United goalkeeper Earps claimed to have let her team down after allowing a shot from Lineth Beerensteyn to squeeze underneath her body and into the back of the net during a must-win Nations League tie at Wembley.
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Earps had been handed the Lionesses’ armband in the absence of Millie Bright and was clearly distraught at leaving her team-mates with a mountain to climb in a contest that they would eventually win 3-2. England boss Sarina Wiegman has spoken out in support of Earps, and Walsh says her international team-mate – who saved a penalty in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final – is now able to see the funny side of a rare mistake.
WHAT WALSH SAID ABOUT EARPS
Walsh told reporters ahead of a meeting with Scotland on Tuesday: “Mary has saved us so many times…even me in the World Cup final… She was making jokes about it [the mistake] this morning at breakfast.”
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England can still qualify for the 2023-24 Nations League finals, but need results in Group A1 to go their way – with the table-topping Netherlands preparing to take on Belgium. The Lionesses are also now sweating on a place at next summer’s Olympic games in Paris, with there every chance that a united Team GB will miss out on a spot at that showpiece event.