Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze claimed her aspect had been “miles off it” in the course of the 2-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis within the Girls’s Champions League quarter-final first leg however insisted the state of affairs could possibly be rectified.
Substitute Vivianne Miedema climbed off the bench to attain twice and fireplace Metropolis right into a commanding place within the tie, handing Sonia Bompastor her first defeat as Chelsea boss, 4 days after lifting the League Cup.
The Blues face an uphill battle within the second leg to safe an elusive first Champions League title, though Bronze is assured they will do it when the 2 sides meet once more at Stamford Bridge on March 27.
“I don’t think we were good enough,” Bronze instructed TNT Sports activities. “I don’t think we had enough effort in our press. We were sloppy in our passing.
“Metropolis had been higher organised. We had been miles off our sport. Sonia mentioned that at half-time. It improved slightly bit within the second half, however that is clearly after they obtained in and obtained their objectives.
“Though we’re two objectives down, we’re fully assured that we will flip this round.
“It will be the biggest game of the season so far. It’s all still to play for. We know we can score goals. We’ve got goals all over the pitch.”
Regardless of it being the primary defeat since taking cost on the membership, Bompastor has taken full duty for the consequence however was additionally fast to echo Bronze’s confidence relating to the subsequent conferences with Metropolis within the Girls’s Tremendous League on Sunday and in Europe 4 days later.
When requested about her feelings after the sport, Bompastor mentioned: “A lot of frustration. For me, it is about analysing now. I take all the responsibility for the performance and result. I am hard on myself but people expect the manager to turn things around.
“I feel as we speak is a tough evening and generally it occurs in soccer. It’s okay for everybody to be disenchanted however from tomorrow, we have to analyse the efficiency.
Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor on the sidelines in the course of the 2-0 defeat to Man Metropolis
“It’s difficult tonight but my job is to make sure from tomorrow, we have a positive mindset. What you can control is in the future. We have only lost one game in the season, it was important but it happens.
“I’ll keep assured going into the second leg. We’ve got a variety of high quality within the squad and the freshness will likely be necessary. We’ve got depth within the squad.”
City have already laid the blueprint on how teams can react to disappointment after match-winner Miedema admitted how “disenchanted” Nick Cushing’s squad were after falling short in the final against Chelsea at Pride Park last weekend.
Miedema celebrates her opener
Metropolis requested questions of their opponents all through, with 17 makes an attempt on aim within the sport, however suffered a 2-1 defeat after Yui Hasegawa’s personal aim sealed the win for the league leaders.
“This should be our standard,” Miedema mentioned. “We were really disappointed after Saturday [the League Cup final].
“Immediately was particular, and hopefully we will put the identical efficiency in subsequent week.
“We’ve missed a lot of players and I am really happy we got this result because it gives us confidence and hopefully we can take that into Sunday and the game next week as well.”
