Under-fire Arsenal boss Renee Slegers says her side are not in the conversation for this season's Women's Super League title after a 4-2 defeat to Man City left them languishing in tenth place in the table, 10 points adrift of the league leaders. The visitors twice led at the Etihad on Sunday, only for Man City to storm back late on to claim all three points as Andree Jeglertz's team moved back top of the standings heading into the international break In stark contrast, Arsenal's second loss already just five matches into the new campaign increases the pressure on Slegers, with the Gunners having made their worst start to a WSL season since 2014. All this after Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw at Paris FC in the Champions League on Wednesday in a game in which the visitors had been two goals ahead, only to collapse late in the second half.
That setback only increased the focus on the Dutch coach ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester, where her side again threw away a lead to return to the capital empty handed. Slegers says she and her staff will conduct a comprehensive review into what has gone wrong in the early part of this season during the international break. "It is a tough result," she told Sky Sports after the game.
"First half goes back and forth. Two teams that have momentum and create. Second half we start well, score a good goal.
A lot changes when they make their three changes, they bring an energy and one of the changes makes the goal. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player "After that it's more difficult. But it's quite an even game, two really good teams going against each other, but we didn't get the margins in the critical moments on our side.
We can't concede four goals. We're not happy with that. "After their changes, they became dominant.
"It's been a lot of games where we feel like we have it and then we don't. That's really pressing, demanding mentally. It's good the players go away, go to their national teams, get some new energy, change of environment and they'll come back and then we have the next game to prep for.
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