Renée Slegers conceded it is “hard at the moment” for Arsenal, after they failed to capitalise on the chance to move up to third place, dropping points for the fifth time this season in a 0-0 draw with their north London rivals Tottenham.
“We’re not getting the wins that we want at the moment and a club like Arsenal wants and needs to win,” Slegers said. “We see that there’s things we can do that will turn it around for us because we believe that we have all this quality. We did so well last year, that hasn’t just gone away all of a sudden.”
The Gunners desperately needed a win to maintain any pretence of being title contenders but, despite their dominance at the BetWright Stadium, they could not break through the well-marshalled Spurs defensive structure.
Arsenal’s title aspirations were dented last weekend by a frustrating 1-1 home draw with Chelsea, and their Champions League defence took a hit in midweek after a second‑half collapse saw them go from 2-0 up against Bayern Munich to lose 3-2. But results elsewhere across the weekend had fallen kindly with both Manchester United and Chelsea dropping points.
The atmosphere at the BetWright Stadium for this north London derby was electric, a record attendance of 6,788 set for Tottenham women at Leyton Orient’s ground.
