Spartans manager blasts squad after shock home loss

Debbi McCulloch insists her squad were too "arrogant" against Dundee United. Credit: Spartans Women Facebook

A last-gasp winner from Cassie Cowper meant Dundee United came away with a shock 2-1 victory against Spartans at Ainslie Park.

The hosts were 1-0 up at half-time thanks to Lauren Berman’s fantastic effort. However, Dundee United never gave up and managed to turn the game on its head to collect their third league win of the season. Manager Debbi McCulloch was far from happy with her teams performance as they continue to search for their first home win of the campaign.

“We let ourselves down, we let our club down,” she told the Edinburgh Evening News. “The players have to take full responsibility unfortunately. I will always stick up for them, stand by them, stand in front of them but after we scored the first goal and were looking good and in control, we got too arrogant, got sloppy with the ball. I said at half time, if we don’t raise the intensity and the quality, Dundee United will come back into it, they did. Then we started to chase a win, which I am fine with, but keep your shape and discipline and we don’t do that. We started to play stupid balls into silly areas and Dundee United got their win.”