fouls

Brentford fouled far less than Spurs across the past two seasons - indeed, only Manchester City committed fewer fouls than Brentford last season.

At times, she looked like a player still finding her rhythm, missing shots she typically makes and picking up uncharacteristic fouls.

Clark’s foul was eventually upgraded to a flagrant 1, while Reese and Indiana’s Aliyah Boston were given technical fouls.

At least nine other starters have missed time to injuries already this season with wingers Joseph Paintsil and Gabriel Pec both forced out of Sunday’s game in Kansas City after hard fouls.

For any of this to happen, both teams had to maintain their composure, which both sides lost late in the second quarter, resulting in technical fouls being called on six players but no ejections.