Gareth Taylor insists Manchester Metropolis know “precisely what we now have 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, shedding 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. Nonetheless, a 2-1 defeat by Arsenal of their penultimate match proved expensive, with the Blues occurring 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 may 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 carry the WSL crown again to Manchester this time period.
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“Generally, you’re employed tremendously arduous like we did final season, and issues don’t fairly go your manner,” mentioned Taylor.
“That’s to not say that we’re not extremely pleased with what we did. The one factor we will take, is we all know precisely what we now have to do now to win the title.
“Now we have to make use of that as gas, whether or not it’s within the Champions League, or within the WSL, to actually use all of these experiences, use all of that information and actually push on.
“Individuals can have a look at trophies as being the be-all and end-all. Don’t get me mistaken, I’m right here to win. After all, we need to be there.
“However the reality we’re going deep in just about in all competitions is what we’re about and, in fact, there can solely be one crew that wins.”
He continued: “Individuals are likely to neglect that there’s 4 or 5 groups which might be actually near successful initially of the season and there’s just one crew that may ever win. That doesn’t make the opposite 4 [teams] a failure.
“It’s actually robust, 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 need to carry to the membership. You’ve seen how tremendous the margins are and I don’t see that altering this season.”
