Karleigh Osborne believed Brentford Women were well below their best in their last minute 1-0 win against Hackney Women. 

The Bees needed debutant Orla McComb to pop up with a late winner off the bench to take all three points and move up to second in LSE Division One North. 

Osborne felt that on another day Brentford would have been punished for a sloppy performance as they struggled to find space against a team who looked to suffocate space in forward areas. 

Speaking to club media, he said: "We weren't at our best today at all, it was a scrappy game at times, and I don't feel that we really showed our quality today with Hackney unsettling us for large periods of the game. 

"I think Hackney would have been happy with a draw; they came here to frustrate us which they have done in the past.  

"It's important that we don't get drawn into this when teams look to spoil our rhythm and just keep playing to our standards, but I think we lost sight of that. 

"On another day we could have been punished, we were sloppy in all areas of the pitch but in all fairness to the girls they kept working and continued to pressure Hackney which eventually led to us getting the goal." 

Osborne was particularly pleased for McComb as she entered into a difficult situation and managed to come up with the decisive moment of the game to score the winner. 

He said: "I'm over the moon for Orla, she's just joined the club and it was a difficult game to throw her into, but she did well and I'm really pleased that she managed to get the goal. 

"Since joining the club I have been really impressed with her and after she scored, I think there was a big sigh of relief from everyone. 

"We have to keep picking up results if we want to gain promotion this season. I'm obviously pleased with the four games unbeaten, but we have to keep winning now and I would like us to do it in a more controlled fashion."