- LCFC Women face Manchester City at Academy Stadium on Sunday (2pm kick-off)- Midfielder Georgia Brougham, a former Man City played, previewed that clash on Thursday- She says lessons have been learned from a tough run of results for the Foxes
Manchester City Women away is Leicester's next assignment at Academy Stadium in the Barclays FA Women's Super League on Sunday (2pm kick-off). Following that visit to the North West, Reading visit King Power Stadium on 1 May, before a final-day trip to Tottenham Hotspur on 8 May. City are 11th in the WSL, one place and seven points above Birmingham City, the occupiers of the only relegation berth in the top tier.
"Obviously, performances are important," Brougham told the national media on Thursday. "We've got a big game coming up, but ultimately, we know what we need to do to stay in the league. We know how many points we need and we'll go into each game looking to get the three points. "We do speak about it, but we don't put too much pressure on ourselves because that's when performances probably wouldn't be there. We just take each game as it comes and we know we want to win each game no matter who the opposition is."
Leicester have suffered heavy defeats in their last two league fixtures - to Chelsea and Arsenal - and with another of the WSL's best teams next up, Brougham believes lessons have been learned from those experiences. "City are a great team and we've just faced two great teams in Chelsea and Arsenal," she added. "It'll be no different to how we prepared for other games. We've learned a lot over the last two games so we're going into the game with a fresher mindset and with a game plan that we'll try to execute.
"We've spoken about it. We just said we don't want to dwell on it too much because we know what the scorelines were. We know we need to be better so, going into another game, that's going to be tough. We've learned from them hopefully and we'll change that for the next game."
The Foxes are in an encouraging position in their bid to remain in the WSL and Brougham believes the impact made by manager Lydia Bedford last winter is a factor in their improved fortunes.
"When her and Brent [Hills] came in, they've really put their stamp on things," the former Man City star explained. "They've built a foundation. We know what we want to achieve going forward. Results have shown that. She's got the camp in really good spirits. It's been really positive since they came in."