Arsenal know higher than most what a distinction every week could make.
Seven days in the past Renee Slegers’ aspect had been basking within the glow of a exceptional 4-1 away victory over Lyon that despatched them to a primary Ladies’s Champions League last in 18 years.
Quick ahead to Monday and Arsenal are investigating precisely how they misplaced 5-2 and 4-2 to Aston Villa and Brighton respectively in back-to-back league video games.
Whereas the defeat at Villa Park was sudden, it was maybe considerably comprehensible.
Slegers made seven modifications from the group that beat Lyon, and the end result was a shaky and disjointed efficiency.
Worringly, the aspect that collapsed towards Brighton was just like the one which conquered one in every of Europe’s nice groups.
“We wished to bounce again and switch that sport round, and the identical factor has occurred to us once more,” Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord instructed Sky Sports activities.
“It isn’t adequate all spherical and we’d like to try ourselves individually and as a group. We will not let that occur once more this weekend.”
Whereas Fran Kirby and Jelena Cankovic each scored stunners for the hosts, Brighton’s third and fourth objectives got here instantly from defensive lapses.
Arsenal have shipped 9 objectives of their previous two WSL video games after conceding 14 of their earlier 19 outings.
Whereas they pressured Brighton goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley into 10 saves, they could not get well.
“Within the final two WSL video games we conceded 9 objectives in and we mentioned as a group we do not assume it is acceptable,” Slegers added.
“We after all don’t desire this to occur. There are totally different causes. The Villa sport was totally different. We got here from one thing else and the objectives we conceded had been totally different.
“We have to study two very powerful classes coming off a giant success. We now have to study. It is a part of being a prime group. This will’t occur to us, so now we have to search out options and transfer ahead.”
