After starting with one point from their opening two league games and failing to qualify for the Champions League group stages, every Arsenal Women’s game is under the microscope — particularly the ones against their title rivals.
These are the games where the details matter most and Arsenal proved that in several ways during their invaluable 2-1 win over Manchester City.
Head coach Jonas Eidevall called their approach “holistic” rather than solely looking at what Arsenal would do in or out of possession and that is exactly what it needed to be.
“Football is also running, duelling, fighting for inches, and football is about having mental strength, when you fail once, to try again next time,” He said “We spoke about those qualities and they are equally important.
“They can also be done against a low block but today it’s easier as a team. We had to do both. In order to beat a team like Manchester City, you need to do both and we did. We weren’t perfect in any of them but I think we were good enough in both of them.”
Their 2-1 win over Manchester City in May had similar themes. Arsenal had lost Kim Little through injury against Bayern Munich days before and switched to a more intense approach dependent on growing into a match, remaining competitive and then…
