Chenise Austin has proclaimed her love for penalties after the defender netted from the spot in the 3-1 victory against QPR Ladies.
Austin netted West Ham Ladies’ third goal of the match on Sunday from 12 yards to book the Club’s place in the next round of the WPL Plate.
Chloe Burr and Amber Stobbs had put the Irons into the lead at half-time but QPR got a goal back just after half-time at the near post.
But Austin’s penalty – a delightful dink into the top left corner - earned the deserved win for the Hammers in front of over a thousand fans at Rush Green.
I love a good penalty! Don't tell anybody but I might go the same place when I take the one
Chenise Austin
And the summer signing has revealed how much she adores getting the chance to score goals from the spot.
“It’s one of those I quite enjoy doing,” Austin told whufc.com: “It’s a funny one. I don’t tend to get up quite often and get the opportunity to score, apart from corners. I love a good penalty.
“Don’t tell anybody but I might go the same place when I take the next one.”
The centre-back says that the Ladies are delighted with Sunday’s result, admitting that the team let themselves down last weekend in the loss to Crystal Palace.
Austin continued: “We’re buzzing. We came into this off the back of last weekend when we didn’t have a good first half performance. Based on the score-sheet we should have won today and we did so I’m happy.
“We had a lot of chances and we could have put away a few more. It was a sloppy goal we conceded too but that’s just the way it goes. It’s another win under the belt. Confidence is growing and the team is getting better. We’re showing what we’re about.”
Last weekend’s defeat to Palace eliminated West Ham from the County Cups which, according to Austin, makes this win against QPR all the more important as the team pursues a run in the WPL Plate this campaign.
“The league is our bread and butter but you’ve got nothing to lose in a Cup game. We are out of one already so we want to take this one as far as we can, just like we try to in the league.”