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Morgan: We Didn’t Take Our Chances

Jonathan Morgan came away disappointed that LCFC Women were unable to find a way through as Tottenham Hotspur Women triumphed 2-0 at King Power Stadium.

2021-10-04T11:02:00.000Z

by Sam Jones

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04 Oct, 2021

Morgan: We Didn’t Take Our Chances

Jonathan Morgan came away disappointed that LCFC Women were unable to find a way through as Tottenham Hotspur Women triumphed 2-0 at King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2021-10-04T11:02:00.000Z

Morgan: We Didn’t Take Our Chances

Jonathan Morgan came away disappointed that LCFC Women were unable to find a way through as Tottenham Hotspur Women triumphed 2-0 at King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2021-10-04T11:02:00.000Z

Morgan: We Didn’t Take Our Chances

Jonathan Morgan came away disappointed that LCFC Women were unable to find a way through as Tottenham Hotspur Women triumphed 2-0 at King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2021-10-04T11:02:00.000Z

Morgan: We Didn’t Take Our Chances

Jonathan Morgan came away disappointed that LCFC Women were unable to find a way through as Tottenham Hotspur Women triumphed 2-0 at King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2021-10-04T11:02:00.000Z

- LCFC Women fell to a 2-0 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium - It was the Foxes' fourth straight defeat in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League - Over 2,000 supporters were in attendance on Filbert Way on Sunday- Jonathan Morgan praised the team’s second-half performance, but lamented an inability to find the net

Goals in each half from Rachel Williams and Angela Addison secured victory for Spurs on Filbert Way, leaving the Foxes without a point in their opening four Barclays FA Women’s Super League fixtures.

Speaking in his post-match interview, Morgan was frustrated with the manner of the two goals conceded, which he felt should have been defended better.

“We were a little bit disappointed in the first half,” the manager told LCFC TV. “Because the goal we conceded was just very sloppy on our behalf again. Just failing to clear that first ball when it lands at our feet, which is something that we’re getting punished for at the minute with quite a few of our goals.

“Somehow it managed to get in the back of the net and obviously we know Rachel Williams very well. She’s a Leicester girl and she’s a fantastic player and a fox in the box. She’s very effective. From our point of view, it was terrible. We made first contact, didn’t clear it properly and we got punished.

“However, the reaction the girls gave in the second half was fantastic and we had opportunities in a 15-20 minute spell. it was four or five good opportunities that we should have finished, and then the game is different.

“We didn’t capitalise on them in that period of time and as the game draws on it’s always going to get expansive and open. The disappointing part from our point of view is that we got caught in the transition from one our mistakes in Spurs’ half from one of our throws, so we’ve got to get better at that.

“It was a counter-attack created and based on our error. I believe we lost the ball in the corner, and it was just two passes forward. When Abbie [McManus] went in for the 50-50 challenge, it could have gone anywhere and it happened to go in the one place we didn’t want to it to land.

“That’s the luck you don’t get when you’re fighting for points.”

Just when the Foxes had been on top in the contest and were pushing for an equaliser, it was the visitors who managed to grab the all important second goal of the game.

Although Morgan was happy with the team’s second-half performance, it lacked the required end product to make a breakthrough. It’s now three games without a goal for the Foxes after defeats against West Ham United and Manchester City earlier in the week.

He continued: “We worked hard on the plan this week and, on top of a three-game week, we didn’t have all the time to finalise little bits. But I think the girls did tremendously well.

“We spoke about where we felt we could exploit Spurs in the second half and what we allowed them to do in the first half and how to flip it really. We put much more pressure on them.

“And you could see that they didn’t expect that from the way that they came out in the second half. But credit to Spurs, they dug in, they stayed resilient during our moments of pressure, but we should have definitely scored one or two.

“That’s something that we’ve got to work on fast if we’re going to stay at this level.”

He saw plenty to build on ahead of the visit to Kingsmeadow to face WSL champions Chelsea next Sunday (12:30pm BST kick-off), including the group's mentality during this tough run of form.

Morgan added: “The one thing you saw from our girls today and from every game bar the West Ham game, you saw heart and a team that want to fight for each other. That’s what we need to take in abundance to Chelsea next week.

“It concerns me that we’re not scoring, but it doesn’t concern me in the sense that we are creating chances in every single game and we’re making good chances.

“I just think it’s when that first one goes in, we’ll start flying with goals at this level. We just can’t seem to get that final bit and find that ruthlessness at the moment.

“We’re opening the opposition up, the girls are executing certain parts of our game plan very well, finding the spaces that we want, but again, it’s goals that win you the game and get you the points.

“It’s something we have to address, but at this moment there’s no alarm bells because we are making the chances.”

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