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A Tough Day At The Office, Says Passmoor

Despite taking the lead, LCFC Women were on the end of a 5-1 loss at London City Lionesses on Sunday afternoon, and Rick Passmoor urged his side to bounce back with a busy week ahead.

2026-04-27T14:50+01:00

by Matthew Temple

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27 Apr, 2026

A Tough Day At The Office, Says Passmoor

Despite taking the lead, LCFC Women were on the end of a 5-1 loss at London City Lionesses on Sunday afternoon, and Rick Passmoor urged his side to bounce back with a busy week ahead.

Matthew Temple

2026-04-27T14:50+01:00

A Tough Day At The Office, Says Passmoor

Despite taking the lead, LCFC Women were on the end of a 5-1 loss at London City Lionesses on Sunday afternoon, and Rick Passmoor urged his side to bounce back with a busy week ahead.

Matthew Temple

2026-04-27T14:50+01:00

A Tough Day At The Office, Says Passmoor

Despite taking the lead, LCFC Women were on the end of a 5-1 loss at London City Lionesses on Sunday afternoon, and Rick Passmoor urged his side to bounce back with a busy week ahead.

Matthew Temple

2026-04-27T14:50+01:00

A Tough Day At The Office, Says Passmoor

Despite taking the lead, LCFC Women were on the end of a 5-1 loss at London City Lionesses on Sunday afternoon, and Rick Passmoor urged his side to bounce back with a busy week ahead.

Matthew Temple

2026-04-27T14:50+01:00

LCFC Women beaten 5-1 on Sunday afternoon against London City Lionesses
Shannon O’Brien opened the scoring at Copperjax Community Stadium
Rick Passmoor shares his thoughts with his side still bottom of the WSL

West Ham United’s win on Sunday afternoon means the Foxes are seven points adrift at the bottom of the Barclays WSL, with just three games to play.

Frustrated to see us beaten by London City hours before, he takes responsibility for the defeat, and wants his side to move on quickly, with two tough games in the offing this week.

“What we’ve got to do is restock because we’ve got two games coming up,” the Manager stated. “Today, in particular the second half, we weren’t good enough.

The Foxes are seven points behind West Ham.

“But I’ll accept that and the blame for that as well. Late on in the second half we were trying to get the equaliser or get back in the game but then with the capabilities in possession of the other team, they created more chances as the game developed.

“Our decision making or quality with the final pass let us down and we were punished so it was a tough day at the office, but you have to bounce back and be ready for the games this week.”

Level after half an hour, Shannon O’Brien’s opener gave Leicester the lead, however it was short lived before the hosts soon took control at Copperjax Community Stadium.

Moving on, City head to Emirates Stadium this Wednesday evening (7pm kick-off) to face Arsenal before welcoming Chelsea for a final clash at King Power Stadium on Sunday afternoon (2:30pm kick-off).

Passmoor added: “You create a gameplan, set the team up and you can see that we’re competitive, and then it’s those small margins and moments where we need to concentrate.

Three league games remain this term.

“What we worked on was to show them wide, but to make the block or win the ball in wide positions, and then the second part of that is to defend that part of the goal whether we’re in a back two or back three.

“The longer the game went on, it was probably mentality and confidence that dropped, that gave them the momentum, which is hard to change considering where we are.

“Our message is to say thank you to the fans because they were first class today, but we’ve got to turn things around and make them proud. The minimum is putting in the work rate, and then we can build on from there.”

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