Manchester City host Arsenal: Slegers needs a response in WSL

Manchester City face Arsenal this Sunday (4.30pm) aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Women’s Super League, with the Gunners arriving amid growing pressure. As the build-up notes, Andree Jeglertz is expected to insist nothing changes despite the turmoil around the club.

Arsenal on the back foot

Arsenal’s form is the problem: they are winless in each of their last three league outings, and Renee Slegers has come in for criticism after Arsenal let a two-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 midweek in Paris.

The piece argues that losing on Sunday would effectively end Arsenal’s title hopes, with the gap to City as leaders already described as 10 points, a deficit that is rarely recovered from.

City likely to keep pressing

City, meanwhile, are said to be thriving under Jeglertz, sitting first in the WSL and unbeaten since April. The expectation is that City won’t show pity if they sense any vulnerability from Arsenal.