After his spectacular debut goal at the weekend, winger Erico Sousa believes he has joined a Barrow AFC team whose style suits him down to the ground.

Sousa signed for the Bluebirds on a one-month loan from Accrington Stanley a week ago and the Portuguese wide man made an impressive introduction in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Bromley.

His quick feet often caused the Ravens’ defenders problems, as did his pace, but it was his stunning strike into the top corner from over 25 yards that drew AFC level after 56 minutes that stood out.

Unfortunately, Sousa’s howitzer proved to be for nothing at Hayes Lane, but the 23-year-old gave plenty of encouragement that his spell at Holker Street could be a successful one.

Sousa said: “I felt pretty good out there – we’ve got some big characters in the team that help you throughout the game.

“Obviously the team is a good team, they keep the ball well, which suits me as a player.”

Sousa arrived at Barrow after finding first-team opportunities at Accrington hard to come by and now looks set for a run in the side.

He is eligible to play in Saturday’s FA Cup qualifying tie at Chorley, by which time he will have had more time to get to know his teammates, having only had five days to bed in before making his bow at Bromley. He did, however, strike up a good understanding with right-back Connor Brown as the match wore on.

Sousa said: “Obviously it was the first time we’ve played together and the first half was just about getting used to each other’s movement, but the second half was a lot better.

“He was just talking to me, telling me where to be and stuff like that, which helped.

“There’s a great set of lads here so it’s been quite easy to settle in and I already knew Connor, Josh [Kay] and John Rooney. It was quite easy to just come here and link with the lads.”

Barrow looked the only likely winners with an hour played at Bromley after dominating the start of the second half, but they eventually travelled back to Cumbria with nothing thanks to Frankie Raymond’s free kick.

A failure to work the Ravens’ goalkeeper enough didn’t help their cause.

“We could have been better in the first half and we gave away two cheap goals,” Sousa said, adding: “But I thought we were the better side in the second half.

“It was nice for me to get my first goal and, as a team, I didn’t feel like we deserved to lose that game, but also we didn’t create enough chances. We were good on the ball, but that final pass was missing.”