Manchester Metropolis v Arsenal: Ladies’s Tremendous League – dwell | Ladies’s Tremendous League
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Key occasions
Final week, Arsenal ran Chelsea shut.
Goalkeeper Khiara Keating comes again into the beginning XI, with Ayaka Yamashita dropping to the bench: that’s Metropolis’s one change. Former Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema begins up entrance towards her outdated membership as top-scorer Khadija Shaw is on the bench.
Three modifications for Arsenal: Katie McCabe is suspended after she was despatched off towards Chelsea, Kim Little and ahead Caitlin Foord injured. Stina Blackstenius, Frida Maanum and Lotte Wubben-Moy exchange them.
Jenna Nighswonger, lately arrived at Arsenal is on the bench. Deserves a quiet evening…
The groups
Man Metropolis Ladies: Keating, Casparij, Aleixandri, Knaak, Ouahabi, Roord, Hasegawa, Park, Fujino, Miedema, Fowler. Subs: Yamashita, Layzell, Kerolin, Blindkilde, Shaw, Prior, Oyama, Murphy, Mayzee Davies.
Arsenal Ladies: van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Wubben-Moy, Cooney-Cross, Maanum, Blackstenius, Caldentey, Mead, Russo. Subs: Zinsberger, Williams, Codina, Ilestedt, Reid, Peacock, Walti, Kafaji, Nighswonger.
Some meat on the bones of that incredible Kelly swap.
What the managers say
Taylor: “We’ve got good choices and it’s sort of figuring out what that week seems like. We’re not wanting too far forward, we now have an vital sport on Sunday.
“I noticed some good issues at Villa final week. They’re at all times a troublesome opponent so to place 4 previous them may be very spectacular, and never many groups try this.”
Slegers: “We’re getting ready for this sport now and it’s the one sport that counts. Sunday’s the one sport, but it surely’s going to be attention-grabbing to view that sport and see how we prep for the second sport [against City].
“The supporters imply loads for us, it’s fairly particular what we now have at Arsenal and the way we’re collectively now as a membership, as a workers, as gamers and never least the followers who imply loads to us.”
Preamble
A gathering of the chasing pack, trailing within the wake of the brand new Chelsea’s brilliance and Manchester United above them. And within the week that Chloe Kelly has accused Manchester Metropolis of making an attempt to “assassinate her character”, and joined Arsenal on mortgage. Kelly can’t play, after all, however that may add a sure flavour to the match. It’s a battle for third place, and extra past that.
Be part of me for a 12pm kick-off on the Etihad Campus.
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