The Guernsey star blasted home the Lionesses' second goal in their 3-1 win over Greece on Friday night in Crete in the first leg of their Women’s World Cup play-off semi-final.
'I didn't really know it went in, to be honest, because I thought the keeper saved it, but I just smacked it, so very glad – it's always good to get your first goal, so very happy,' said Le Tissier on ITV afterwards.
Lauren James thought she opened the scoring but was ruled out through offside before Ioanna Papatheodorou hit the crossbar for the hosts before Georgia Stanway's fifth goal in qualifying gave England a half-time lead.
Le Tissier doubled England’s advantage with her first goal for her country before Alessia Russo got in on the act to take the game away from Greece.
England, who missed glorious chances to win by more, were handed a warning that the tie is not over as Kallisti Brouksair replied for Greece to cut the deficit to two with their only shot on target.
Sarina Wiegman’s side will look to finish the job when the two teams meet in the return leg at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday, with the winners facing either Slovakia or Ukraine in the next round for a place at next summer’s tournament.
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