Arsenal not looking beyond Manchester City game says Slegers | OneFootball

Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers says that her side are not looking beyond this weekend’s game against Manchester City as The Gunners bid to keep their faint Barclays Women’s Super League title hopes alive.

The Cityzens lead Arsenal by 13 points going into this weekend’s clash at the Emirates Stadium. Victory for the North Londoners would see them cut the gap to 10 points while they have a game-in-hand which is a home tie against struggling Leicester City.

When speaking in the pre-match press conference, Arsenal boss Slegers said that her side are not thinking too deeply into title race permutations.

“We have the Leicester fixture that will be played later,” Slegers said. “What it’s about for us at this moment in time is this game and what we can do in this game, that’s most important then we’ll see at the end what it means for the table.

“All we know is that we want to get the three points in this game. The league is really tight this year again. Of course, [Manchester] City have done really well with only one loss so far, they’ve been amazing in what they’ve been achieving every single week, but we go for the win.”

Arsenal won the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup last weekend with a 3-2 extra-time win against Corinthians at the Emirates Stadium. While The Gunners were boosted by that result, Slegers was keen to highlight the fact that opponents Manchester City also enjoyed a landmark victory after they defeated Chelsea 5-1.

She said “They also had a big boost in their win against Chelsea, so I think it’s two really good teams going against each other, believing in themselves. It will be a big contest on Sunday, so we look forward to it, we want and need three points.”

Commenting on last weekend’s FIFA Women’s Champions Cup success, Slegers said that the win has sparked Arsenal’s desire to add further silverware this season.

She said “We love winning trophies, this was a special one, we made history, the first team ever to do it. It’s not easy to make history because so much history has been made already at the club.

“We’re very proud, it fuels us. This is the first trophy of the year and it fuels us to win more, so we’re really happy and proud, but we want more.”

Arsenal’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture against Manchester City kicks-off at 12pm on Sunday afternoon. Tickets remain on-sale and can be purchased by clicking here.