Renee on gaining revenge against the Reds

Renée Slegers is confident that we can get back to winning ways on Saturday evening, when Liverpool visit Emirates Stadium in the WSL.

Tomorrow’s game will be our second meeting with the Reds this month, just two weeks on from our FA Cup exit. But Renée certainly doesn’t see that result as a sign of things to come tomorrow, and believes many of her squad will be driven by revenge to ensure they get the right result this time around.

“I’m impressed with what Liverpool are doing, I think Amber seems to have done a really good job,” Renée said of tomorrow’s opponents. "There's a lot of incentives for the players. We're a part of the history of the club. It's the team, it's them individually, what they want to achieve in their careers, and then it's where you come from - the loss against Liverpool. A big part of our incentive and motivation tomorrow is also the fans that we're going to have at the Emirates.

"All human beings find different triggers and work differently, some get motivated by it and others need something else. I think we probably have a couple of players in the squad who find that extra motivation because of the last result, but other players find their motivation and energy somewhere else. That's always going to be the challenge to try and trigger everyone the right way."

Despite our first-leg defeat to Real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League on Tuesday, Renée was in high spirits at her press conference ahead of the game against the Reds. Instead of resting on our laurels, our manager is keen for us to respond straight away, and Saturday’s occasion provides an opportunity to get back on the front foot.

“We competed with Real Madrid. Going back to that game , they were very clinical but we didn’t come up with our best performance,” she added. “We didn’t come up with our best performance, but we don’t blame the pitch because we both had to deal with it. We definitely want to do better next week, but now it’s Liverpool.”

It would be impossible to completely ignore such an important game in our preparation to face the Reds, but Renée was keen to emphasise that neither game is more important than the other.

“We want to play. For the time that I’ve been here, we have been playing all the time. At the moment, I just look at tomorrow, Liverpool in the WSL and a great opportunity.”

Finally, Renée spoke about the fantastic support we’ve enjoyed at Emirates Stadium this season and how crucial our supporters can be in our next two games.

“It’s good! What we are delivering as a product and how all people inside are working really hard to grow the women’s game, but then also getting support from outside and it being broadcast and the fanbase being so big.

“These fans that are following us everywhere, the interaction with them and the energy that they bring, they can bring us something extra.”