'Star of the show' - Whitehouse's penalty masterclass sends Charlton to WSL

Whitehouse's penalty masterclass sends Charlton into WSLTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Charlton earn WSL promotion after Whitehouse penalty heroicsByEmma SandersBBC Sport women’s football news reporter at The ValleyPublished4 minutes agoWhen goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse walked into the media room, wearing glitter, heart-shaped sunglasses with "SW#1" written on them, her manager Karen Hills had one phrase."The star of the show".Charlton's number one was exactly that as her heroics helped secure the club a spot in the Women's Super League for the first time in their history.It was the first-ever play-off tie, with second-tier side Charlton coming up against the WSL's bottom club Leicester City and it went to the wire, needing a penalty shootout to separate the teams.Having made stunning saves during the previous 120 minutes, it was no surprise to see Whitehouse produce four stops in the shootout.When she dived to her bottom left to save Noemie Mouchon's deciding penalty - the area she had marked on her water bottle in preparation - her team-mates sprinted across the pitch in celebration as a roar erupted from The Valley stands.Charlton had made it and Whitehouse was, as Hills said, the 'star of the show'."I don't even know what to say. It was the craziest thing ever. I just thought 'I need to save it' and that's what I did I guess," Whitehouse told BBC Sport."We pushed to the last minute and to the end of the game. Those are the moments I've been working for. "We've been practising penalties for weeks and once it got to that moment, I knew we could do it."Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sophie Whitehouse won the WSL 2 Golden Glove award'Billy' rescues crucial water bottle If the previous 120 minutes had felt lacklustre, despite stunning saves from Whitehouse to den...