Olivia Smith: Our Fans are Our "Rock"

Yesterday at 04:57 PM

The Reds kicked off the WSL season with a home draw against Leicester

Liverpool FC Women kicked off their WSL season with a draw in new ground St Helens Stadium, and new signing Olivia Smith from Sportiing CP spoke to Liverpoolfc.com about her debut and the atmosphere in the new ground, saying that she thinks the Reds "settled in well and all of the fans were amazing," and added that she "really enjoyed the atmosphere."

All was not a bed of roses as the Reds let in a goal to make it 1-1 against inferior opposition:

It was frustrating letting a goal like that against us happen. We just need to stay switched on at all times. But this was just our first match, so hopefully we do that better next game.

The 20-year-old striker had a lot of positives to talk about in her partnership with Roman Haug, as well as about her own potential:

She's so fun to play with – she is strong. I think it is very easy to work off her as well. She is strong in the air and I was looking for the flick-ons, and I thought we worked pretty well together. We are a very diverse team and to have Sophie up there with her aerial threat is a big thing for us.

I think I'm pretty physical and very creative as well. I'm also very adaptable, so I can play with Sophie and I can play with other players up front. But again, I'm just an adaptable player.

As the Reds grow accustomed to their new ground, Smith hopes St Helens can be an intimidating place for teams to go:

Of course the wins, but all of our fans making that atmosphere loud for us. Their support means everything. Going into a long, tough season, they are going to be the rock for us. Our fans are amazing and I'm really looking forward to the future games, seeing more fans come out. We need more noise and that's very important the team gets it. We are a very talented team and responding to the fans shouldn't be a problem for us. So, I'm just very excited and looking forward to the season.