The top two lock horns at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Manchester City Women visit Chelsea Women in Barclays Women’s Super League action.
The champions arrive in West London looking to stretch their seventeen-game unbeaten run in all competitions and extend their lead at the top of the WSL table to five points.
Focus on winning every game
The 54-year-old was keen to point out that his side wants to win all games and that’s their focus ahead of a potentially season-defining match between the WSL’s last two champions.
He said: “We’re still early in the season and we want to win all games and that’s our focus this weekend. Nothing has changed from that point of view. I don’t know how they are thinking, but if I was in their situation I think it doesn’t matter.
“I think they don’t need any extra energy for this game. They play at home, they want to do everything they can to win the game, so I don’t think it changes anything, at least from a coaching point of view or anything like that.
“I think these games are very special for everybody involved and we’re really looking forward to that. Exciting day.”
Depth is key for City
Following City’s fantastic 4-1 win in Monza against Inter on Tuesday night, the Swede highlighted how important the depth in his squad is after naming the likes of Bunny Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Yui Hasegawa on the bench.
Comeback win over Inter
Inter took the lead through an Elisa Bartoli strike in the 24th minute. Jeglertz’s side went into the break with a 2-1 lead following a brace from in-form Aoba Fujino.
Kerstin Casparij added City’s third ten minutes after the restart with a neat finish and then, fifteen minutes later, Grace Clinton arrived at the back post to steer the ball, which earned City their first win in this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League.
He said: “It looks good today. We had a day off yesterday and today everybody’s back and a good session, full of energy in the group, so I think we are in a good place where we want to be.
“We talk about resting players, but we also talk about other players getting an opportunity to show that they want to compete and how important the depth is in the squad, and the ones that were playing on Tuesday were just showing that we have an amazing squad. Good players: no matter who I start, I can definitely have players coming in and changing the game, so that was so crucial for us.”
