{"id":142330,"date":"2024-01-23T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/phillips-full-of-praise-for-record-breaking-seagulls-ace-terland\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:00:37","slug":"phillips-full-of-praise-for-record-breaking-seagulls-ace-terland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/phillips-full-of-praise-for-record-breaking-seagulls-ace-terland\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips full of praise for record-breaking Seagulls ace Terland \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Melissa Phillips was quick to sing Elisabeth Terland\u2019s praises after the striker wrote her name into Brighton\u2018s history books.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Terland, 22, netted twice yesterday as the Seagulls beat Women\u2019s Super League rivals Bristol City 3-2 at the Broadfield Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those goals, the second of which came from the penalty spot in stoppage time, saw her overtake Aileen Whelan as the club\u2019s leading goalscorer in WSL history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Phillips was delighted to see Terland take her overall league tally in Brighton colours to 16, with nine scored this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to the\u00a0club\u2019s official website, the beaming boss said: \u201cHer impact on the team is immeasurable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a fantastic professional, she is the hardest working and most competitive player in the squad but she\u2019s also the most humble<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe key is her mindset. She is consistently searching for incremental gains in her game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cShe is not shy of taking opportunities. It\u2019s great to see her impact on the pitch and in training sessions and the way she conducts herself as a professional.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prior to the match-winning spot-kick, Brighton were twice pegged back by efforts from Abi Harrison and Carrie Jones after Terland\u2019s first-half strike and a second goal of the season by Katie Robinson early in the second period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But Phillips, 36, believes her side fully deserved to pick up the three points to leave them sitting eighth in the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She added: \u201cIt was a bit more dramatic than we\u2019d have liked at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe were in control and created some really good opportunities particularly early in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe perhaps didn\u2019t get the ball into wide areas enough until late when we were searching for the winner and unfortunately set-pieces and the timing of them let Bristol back into the game a little bit too easily, which is something we have to be better at. \"Elisabeth\"Elisabeth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe most important thing is three points, which should give us a lot of confidence and there was a lot of quality in our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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