Potter: The last month has been excellent

Women

17 Dec 2025

Crystal Palace Women's Manager Jo Potter was full of praise for her side, as they won their fifth game in a row away at Bristol City.

Elise Hughes, Kirsty Howat and Abbie Larkin all scored as the Eagles beat the Robins 3-2 at Ashton Gate.

Speaking to the media at full-time, Potter was delighted to secure the points in the South West.

She said: "We're extremely pleased with the three points. We knew it was going to be a massive game for us before we even looked towards Arsenal on Sunday.

"We knew how important it was to finish the year on a high and we've managed to do that, we've had an excellent month - I think that's five games now in all competitions that we've won!

"I'm super proud of every single one of them out there for the performance that they gave for the second time in a week, to have that mentality and that desire, it was second to none."

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"She's still only a kid, but she's got a big future in the game"
—Jo Potter on Abbie Larkin

Potter heaped praise on Ireland star Abbie Larkin after her performance from the bench, detailing how she knew she would have a significant role in the game.

"I said to Larko before the game that she'd have a big part to play, she came back from international camp and was really quite ill, that's why she wasn't doing so much.

"I knew we'd need her today and I said to her: 'we're going to look after you a little bit, use you where we can, and get you right' - the welfare of the players is the most important thing and she had a big part to play today.

"We know what she can produce, she's an exciting young talent, she's still only a kid, but she's got a big future in the game and we just need to keep looking after her and putting her in positions to produce moments of magic," she said.

With the Bristol win being the last WSL2 game of 2025, the Palace boss reflected on her first 11 games in the league and her start to life in South London.

Potter said: "We've just grown and grown, we knew it was never going to be easy, we felt like we weren't getting the results that were warranted earlier in the year and we were creating a lot of chances.

"We were making a lot of mistakes, like individual errors and we've managed to cut them out and it's really helped us to move forward in confidence and in the belief in each other.

"You can see at the other end that we're causing problems and creating lots of chances, so we always knew that this this tide was going to turn, I was always confident in that and it was a tough start to the season.

"I've had a brilliant time, we've stuck with it and the last month's been excellent. We've had a really good run of games and we can't sit back now because it's still half a season to go and we want to keep climbing.

"We want to keep pushing because I have no doubts that if we keep doing this we'll be in a really good position come the end of the season."

Potter's side are not quite done for the year however, with a huge Subway Women's League Cup quarter-final against Arsenal this Sunday, at the VBS Community Stadium in Sutton.

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