Man United captain Maya Le Tissier makes brutally honest admission after FA Cup final loss to Chelsea | OneFootball

Manchester United skipper Maya Le Tissier has admitted that she and her teammates are currently unable to go toe-to-toe with Chelsea, following their painful FA Cup final defeat at Wembley on Sunday.

Chelsea put three goals past United to win the FA Cup and deny Marc Skinner and his side the chance to cap a brilliant WSL season with a trophy.

Sandy Baltimore broke the deadlock at the stroke of half-time with a penalty kick. Catarina Macario doubled Chelsea’s advantage in the 84th minute with a headed finish before Baltimore added a third soon after to put the game to bed.

After the final whistle, a visibly disappointed Le Tissier spoke to the media and explained, “We want to go even further but of course this is where we’re at now and I think we can look to Chelsea and obviously, we’re not going to be to do what they do.”

“So we’ve got to find a different way of doing it and we’ll make sure we do that. I think a big part of that is togetherness in the team and the spirit and the fight to play for Man United.”

Le Tissier insisted that overall, the season was a successful one and the progress made by the club is evident.

“We definitely underperformed [in the league] last season. Obviously, we had the FA Cup to save us.”

“This season, we performed well, got a new identity, and a spirit and a fight. That’s probably the biggest win of the season. This team is amazing and I’m excited to see what we can build in the future.”

“We wanted a trophy, that’s what we do as Manchester United, but next season, that will definitely be a focus for us. Securing Champions League [qualification via the WSL] is obviously massive for us and we’re really excited about that.”

Le Tissier’s comments were echoed by striker Elisabeth Terland who added, “Finals are for winning and things didn’t go our way. But it does something to you, losing a final, and it makes us even hungrier. These are the games we want to play. We wanted to win the game today, but we’ll be back.”

“Through the season, we’ve lost two games in the league [against Chelsea], both on set-pieces and it shows we’re very close. We wanted to give them a good fight and win the game. But we’re going to continue to keep building and we’ll beat them one day.”

“I think when we look back at it, as a squad, it’s been a good season.”

Terland vowed that United will come back stronger next season.

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