We will be looking for an immediate reaction on Saturday lunchtime as we take on Manchester City at Joie Stadium in the Women’s Super League.
Following last weekend’s frustrating defeat to Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, all eyes will be on the midday kick-off in Manchester to see how we react – and previous experiences usually show we respond well after suffering a setback.
In our previous five defeats in the WSL, we’ve won four of our five following matches in the competition, which included that emphatic 7-3 win at Aston Villa last month to record our second-highest victory in England’s top flight.
City, however, pose an impressive home record in the WSL this season, winning their last 10 games at Joie Stadium or Etihad Stadium and remain the only team in the league with a perfect record on home soil.
Martin Ho will be keen to change our fortunes around against the Cityzens, who have only suffered defeat to us once in 12 previous meetings in the WSL, and strengthen our spot in the top five of the current standings.
Sitting top of the WSL with a seven-point gap to Chelsea in second, Andree Jeglertz’s side were held to a goalless draw by Aston Villa last time out, failing to score in two of their last three WSL matches – having lost 1-0 to Arsenal last month.
All eyes will be on Signe Gaupset as her goal against Everton last weekend saw her net in back-to-back games in the WSL and she could become just the third player to net in three consecutive appearances in the competition for us – after Bethany England and Martha Thomas.