Daily Mirror

SIX-GOAL SHOW MADE A ‘STATEMENT’

- FROM GLENN MOORE in Utrecht

ENGLAND’S Lionesses claim they have sent out a message to their rivals at the Women’s European Championsh­ip.

Ellen White, who scored the killer third goal in England’s 6-0 thrashing of Scotland in their opening match, said: “Three points on the board is all we ever wanted, but six goals is a statement to the rest of the teams as well.

“The result speaks for itself. We’ve shown that we can score, we’re clinical and we put in a big performanc­e.

“Sometimes, when you play your first game, you try to feel your way into a tournament, but we scored early on, which settled us.” “Now we’ve got to put that to bed and look forward to Spain. We’ve got a lot of confidence and momentum. We want to qualify top of our group.” They have history with Spain, who stunned them at the last Euros with a lastminute win that sent England crashing out.

White paid tribute to teammate Jodie Taylor (left), who scored the first hat-trick by a woman at a major finals.

White laid on Taylor’s third and said: “I’m buzzing for her, really proud of her. I’m proud of the whole team.”

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PROUD Ellen White in action against Scotland
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