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Ilestedt: 'We didn't come up to our standards'

Amanda Ilestedt scored a stoppage-time winner at St Mary's on Thursday night as we secured a 2-1 victory over Southampton in the Conti Cup group stage.

Our Swedish defender was delighted to score her first goal in Arsenal colours, but provided an honest assessment of our overall performance.

"We have a lot to improve in how we played today," said Ilestedt. "We didn't really come up to our standards, but the most important thing is that we got the three points. I'm happy with the points, but I think we can improve a lot.

"I think they (Southampton) were doing pretty well in defence, they made it hard for us to find the right spaces.