Manchester City must be tactically perfect against ‘tricky’ Brighton says Jeglertz | OneFootball

Manchester City head coach Andrée Jeglertz says that his side must be tactically perfect when they face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley this afternoon.

The Cityzens are aiming to win the competition for the first time in six years and complete a league and cup double in the process.

Manchester City won one and lost one against Brighton & Hove Albion in the regular season. When speaking in the pre-match press conference, head coach Jeglertz said that he is expecting another difficult game against The Seagulls.

“This could be a tough game,” Jeglertz said. “Both of the games against them this season have been tight, we’ve won one and lost one. It’s a tough opponent but we are a good team with good confidence at the moment. I’m pretty sure it’ll be an exciting game.”

Manchester City slipped to a 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion last month and Jeglertz highlighted the need for his side to get their tactics right this time around.

He said “Brighton are a tricky team because they have a lot of tactical changes during a game. We have to be on the front-foot all of the time because things are continuously changing. We need to be tactically perfect.

“In the last game, they scored goals in moments of the game where I think we lost a little bit of patience, that will not happen on Sunday. We are fully-prepared for tactical changes that we haven’t forecasted or seen before. We are ready for that.”

Jeglertz has coached teams in many big games and he says that a Wembley FA Cup final also ranks very high.

He said “Right now, it’s the biggest one because it’s the next game that you’re playing. It’ll always be my answer that the next game is the biggest one.

“I’ve never been to Wembley, so just going to the stadium will be huge. It’s difficult to compare with the other games; you play Champions League finals (which I have), tournaments with national teams are also very big. 

“Having this moment now after a couple of good weeks of celebration and preparation and the last thing we are doing is playing this huge game; of course, it’s something very rare that people are getting opportunities for that. It’ll be a very big game for me.”

The 2025/2026 Adobe Women’s FA Cup final between Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City kicks-off at 3pm.