On this weekend’s opponents…
“I think they’ve pushed the boundaries this year by playing some really good football, you can see that the coach has an identity of how they want to play. They were winning a lot of games at the beginning (of the season), they had a few more difficult games after Christmas, but you can tell how strong they are, like in their game against Chelsea the other week, a good team with a lot of good players. If we win this game, we can possibly move up the league, but if we lose, we’re going to chase them even more. It’s an important game for where we are in the table, so it’s going to be a tough clash, but we have a good chance to win.”
On recent run of form in the WSL…
“I’m learning every year here that the top teams are very hard to beat. Arsenal away was not a good performance and we were smashed that game. We adapted a little bit for the Manchester City game, and we had a really good game actually, we were pressing high, defending well, creating chances and we could’ve won that game or at least got a point from it. Even if it’s a three-game losing streak, the last game is a statement that we have a good chance, if we have a good day, to beat the top teams. Now we go to Brighton, who are also one of the best teams this season, and we need to make sure we have a good combination of the press, creating goal chances and try to win this game because it’s an important game for us.”
Robert on what we have worked on over the last two weeks...
“It has been a mixture, but we really wanted to make sure we have a good pressing game, we want to make sure we’re good in defence, to win the ball higher up the pitch, so that’s one thing. Then, in possession, it’s the decision making, it's still an identity we want to have, to create more goal chances and we need to make sure we hurt them in the right moments, so it has been a lot about decision making and hurting the opponent in the right spaces.”