Gareth Taylor insists Manchester Metropolis know “precisely what we have now to do” to win the Ladies’s Tremendous League, as he urged his gamers to “actually push on” after final season’s disappointment.
Metropolis got here agonisingly near touchdown their second WSL title final time period, dropping out to Emma Hayes’ Chelsea on purpose distinction.
Taylor’s aspect had been within the driving seat with a three-point cushion heading into the ultimate two video games. Nevertheless, a 2-1 defeat by Arsenal of their penultimate match proved pricey, with the Blues happening to assert their seventh crown in eight seasons.
That marked a seventh second-place WSL end since 2015 for Metropolis, who start their quest to go the additional step in opposition to the Gunners on Sunday, when they are going to come head to head with former ahead Vivianne Miedema.
Whereas Taylor is adamant his aspect’s incapacity to recover from the road shouldn’t be thought to be a failure, the top coach reinstated his burning need to convey the WSL crown again to Manchester this time period.
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“Typically, you’re employed tremendously onerous like we did final season, and issues don’t fairly go your approach,” mentioned Taylor.
“That’s to not say that we’re not extremely happy with what we did. The one factor we are able to take, is we all know precisely what we have now to do now to win the title.
“We’ve to make use of that as gasoline, whether or not it’s within the Champions League, or within the WSL, to actually use all of these experiences, use all of that data and actually push on.
“Individuals can take a look at trophies as being the be-all and end-all. Don’t get me unsuitable, I’m right here to win. After all, we wish to be there.
“However the truth we’re going deep in just about in all competitions is what we’re about and, in fact, there can solely be one staff that wins.”
He continued: “Individuals are inclined to overlook that there’s 4 or 5 groups which are actually near successful initially of the season and there’s just one staff that may ever win. That doesn’t make the opposite 4 [teams] a failure.
“It’s actually powerful, however the goal is totally to win. I’m not going to cover away from that.
“I’ve by no means hidden away that it’s the title that I actually wish to convey to the membership. You’ve seen how wonderful the margins are and I don’t see that altering this season.”
