Laia Aleixandri’s strike from a corner was the main distinction at Knoll Park as Manchester City’s sentenced us to a 1-0 loss.
What occurred
Jonas Eidevall rolled out four improvements to the group that arranged against West Ham Joined last end of the week, with Leah Williamson captaining our Heavy weapons specialists against an in-structure Man City side who haven’t lost a match since November.
It was a cagey opening 10 minutes, with the hosts getting a charge out of more belonging yet less possibilities in a tight midfield.
Frida Maanum found Caitlin Foord in a lot of space, giving her an early counterattack chance. City recuperated well, nonetheless, and Foord’s shot wasn’t sufficient to inconvenience Keating in objective.
With various intriguing match-ups across the pitch, the primary half was overwhelmed by individual fights and both backlines generally invalidated any going after risk.
Beth Mead came close not long under the watchful eye of the break politeness of a wonderfully weighted cross from Kyra Cooney-Cross into the region, yet our number 9 couldn’t get adequate power on her circling header.
In the second half, we stepped it up right away and built a team move that saw Victoria Pelova beat Lauren Hemp and get within striking distance with a long-range shot.
Williamson’s safeguard dividing long conveyances permitted Alessia Russo and Beth Mead valuable chances to run in behind the City guard as our going after danger developed.
After no set pieces in the principal half, we procured a progression of corners not long before the hour mark, verging on carving out an opener every opportunity.
Sabrina D’Angelo pulled off an eminent plunging recovery to deny Rabbit Shaw from a corner, before Williamson chivalrously halted the ball on the line under a moment later.
However, after 74 minutes, as the visitors increased their pressure, another corner resulted in a goal from Laia Aleixandri, who put the ball in the back of the net.
Our Gunners performed admirably when they were down by a goal, but Khiara Keating played a spectacular game behind the goal to keep us at bay.
A late circling header from Pelova was some way or another kept out by Keating’s outstretched glove and Kim Little’s impeccably struck volley was likewise denied by the shotstopper.
What’s straightaway
We’re back in real life on Wednesday night in our rescheduled Conti Cup quarter-last against London City Lionesses. The apparatus starts off at 7pm and will be communicated real time on FA Player