Jeglertz Not Worried By Man City Title Wobble - Should He Be?

On Saturday, City created ample opportunities to adhd to Kerolin's opener successful nan 5th minute, but she and Khadija Shaw some grounded to person chances erstwhile done connected goal.

Instead, Brighton equalised connected nan changeable of half-time and carried that momentum into nan 2nd half.

"It's astir details," Jeglertz said. "It was a reliable game, but it is astir scoring goals. We created a batch of chances successful nan first half and we needed to score."

Once nan momentum shifted successful Brighton's favour, City struggled to header pinch nan hosts' transitions and looked susceptible to balls successful down nan backline.

"Brighton challenged america a batch - we request to protect our punishment container a small better," Jeglertz said. "It's important we study from this game. Today, we dropped a mates of percentages successful immoderate moments and we were punished."

Before kick-off, Jeglertz conceded nan world break had been long.

A adjacent three-week spread betwixt games cannot person been conducive to maintaining momentum, while nan knowledgeable Vivianne Miedema missed this crippled for family reasons.

"Their capacity was shaky and their possession obscurity adjacent nan level we've seen this season," Corsie said.

To their credit, Brighton were fantabulous aft a reliable opening play and were thoroughly deserving of only their 2nd WSL triumph complete City successful 15 attempts.

"In nan first half we were, if I tin beryllium rather blunt, awful," Brighton's erstwhile England midfielder Fran Kirby said.

"We were fortunate not to beryllium 3-0 aliases 4-0. But we had belief and nan 2nd half was a really bully capacity from everyone."