‘Everything she hit went in’ - Seike's perfect WSL debut

Kiko Seike was a comparative chartless to Brighton fans erstwhile she walked retired successful their nine colours for nan first clip connected Saturday - but that has quickly changed.

Debuts do not travel overmuch amended than they did for Seike, who scored a stunning hat-trick arsenic Brighton thrashed Everton 4-0 astatine Broadfield Stadium.

It was nan cleanable commencement to their caller Women's Super League run and a first showing of caller head Dario Vidosic's set-up.

Among nan large names to make their debuts were England internationals Fran Kirby and Nikita Parris, arsenic good arsenic Spain guardant Bruna Vilamala.

But it was Japan guardant Seike who stole nan show, scoring a superb long-range chip, a diving header and a thunderous onslaught to seal her hat-trick.

"She was fantastic," said leader Vidosic. "It's thing we worked on, trying to get her successful bully positions and usage her expertise to people goals.

"She was a threat each afternoon. I was yelling to her connected nan past extremity to make nan walk [to Kirby] but it was a bully point she didn't perceive and recovered nan apical area instead.

"She's been awesome ever since she came successful and for each her difficult work, she sewage her reward. Hopefully location is galore much of those."

Seike's hat-trick, arsenic good arsenic a extremity from chap debutant Kirby from nan punishment spot, capped disconnected an enjoyable day successful Crawley.

Fans were connected their feet applauding erstwhile her 3rd extremity flew into nan area and nan 28-year-old was lifted into nan aerial by team-mate Jorelyn Carabali.

Seike, who became nan first subordinate successful WSL history to people a hat-trick connected her debut successful nan competition, celebrated pinch Brighton's players astatine full-time aft realising she could support nan lucifer shot erstwhile handed it by nan officials.

"She's a awesome subordinate and you could spot erstwhile she first came successful what type of subordinate she is," said Kirby, who near Chelsea successful nan summer. "She is direct, wants to get into nan container and wants to people goals.

"You request those players if you are going to people goals successful this league. We're really happy to person her and I'm delighted for her.

"You tin spot her qualities from a mile distant and it's awesome to play with."

Seike had a beardown narration pinch Kirby down Brighton's right-hand broadside and it's an area Vidosic hopes her broadside will utilization much successful nan future.

"If you don't shoot, you don't score," added Kirby. "It's not ever going to travel off, but coming everything she deed went into nan corner.

"When she's moving one-v-one, I'm lucky. I tin conscionable springiness it to her and she will do thing pinch it. If she keeps scoring goals for illustration that, I'm judge everyone will beryllium very happy pinch her."