The reaction from both sides at the final whistle on Sunday spoke volumes.

Leicester keeper Leitzig had a beaming smile on her face. Several Tottenham players slumped to the floor. The visitors had ended their losing streak, but this felt like two points dropped rather than one gained.

Before this match, Tottenham had scored just once in five league matches, conceding 11 in the process, and all season have been over-reliant on Bethany England, who is currently absent with a quad injury.

The England forward is Spurs’ top-scorer this campaign with eight goals, with Eveliina Summanen the next best on two.

Reflecting on Tottenham’s goal-scoring struggles before the game, Vilahamn said: “It’s a mixture of how we play, create chances, and the self-confidence of the attacking players. We need to keep working on those moments.”

And that lack of self-confidence and, in the words of Ella Morris, “clinical edge” was on display against Leicester.

Tottenham dominated possession (66.2%) and out-shot Leicester 23 to 10 (and 11 to two in terms of attempts on target) but could not make their attacking dominance pay against a spirited Leitzig in the hosts’ goal.

“If you look at the team they don’t have the best self-confidence in the world. But where we are in the table you can see that it’s actually a really good team playing good football,” Vilahamn said afterwards.

Holdt, Morris, Naz, and Maite Oroz all had chances to open the scoring in the first half, Summanen saw a second half free-kick ping off the crossbar, and Leitzig pulled off a leaping stop in the final minute to deny Matilda Vinberg.

However, no one better epitomised Tottenham’s struggles in front of goal than Thomas, who fluffed a one-on-one opportunity midway through the first period, attempting to shoot straight past Leitzig.

Thomas is yet to score in the WSL this season while Tottenham have only managed 21 goals in 18 matches.

“We need to be better to finish the set-pieces and in our finishing. Today was better [than last time out losing to West Ham] so I hope we can go to Aston Villa in a few weeks and actually win that game by scoring a few goals,” said Vilahamn.