Manchester City coach Gareth Taylor praised his team's reaction after losing to Manchester United last time in the Women's Super League (WSL).
On Sunday, Citizens was defeated by their archenemy in an exciting match with six goals at Al -Ittihad. Despite the goals of Vivian Medima and the signing in January Rebecca Kanak, the Ella Tone trilogy and a goal in the first half of Leah Galton led to the 4-2 score of the team.
The defeat resulted city And the arrangement declined to the fourth place behind it united,, Arsenal and Chelsea. They are now two points behind the third and second places, but nine points from the league leaders Chelsea after 11 games.
Despite the setback, City responded in a decisive way in the middle of the week against United in the Silki Women Cup. They beat the 2-1 quarter-finals at the Leigh Sports Village Stadium to strike an appointment in the semi-final with Arsenal next month.
Speaking before the end of this week WSL While meeting outside his home in front of Aston Villa, Taylor praised his players ’reaction to defeat and determining them to correct things after only three days.
“This team has always shown that we are fighting to the end,” coach told reporters at a press conference Thursday afternoon. “We always resist when we suffer.
“We tend to not allow the matter to influence us. Of course this is painful, but we do not let it affect us a lot. This was an ideal match for us, as we played with our competitors again after Sunday and we succeeded in liquidating some accounts.
“I think there is a real design of players in this regard, especially in the way we ended the match. We have really done well.”
City has a golden opportunity to reduce the difference with his competitors this week, as Arsenal and Chelsea are scheduled to face each other in Stamford Bridge. United will also play against Brighton on Sunday, which is currently in the fifth place in the ranking after the first strong half of the season.
Taylor stressed the importance of City's return to the ways to win the league, as they aim to take advantage of the potential lost points elsewhere.
“We have to do that,” he added. “We have to really fight in the next WSL match, playing with a villa in a villa is very difficult. The schedule for us was not very nice, and the only match that will play on Saturday is between us and Villa. They did not play in the middle of the week, we also have problems related to injuries Which represents a slightly test for the team.
“I liked what I saw last night in terms of persistence, ability to fight and compete against players with high physical structure.”
