Arsenal vs Man City

Follow live text coverage as Manchester City take on Arsenal at the Academy Stadium in the Women's Super League.

The City players are having a team huddle and can reflect on a job well done. Man City 2-1 Arsenal Playing with such a great group of girls is brilliant, we showed lots of fight today and it's about the team. She is unbelievable for us and when you have that link up with such a special player it is brilliant. "It was a brilliant day and we knew when we play at home that nobody can play against us. "I was so proud of the performance and how gutsy we were in the second half. We wanted to give the travelling support much more joy today and I want to thank them for their support and for giving us support and encouragement. We needed to make them more after scoring the goal. We have to all believe in the way that we want to play and then we can create great things together." We tried to implement changes during the game as well but it is 100% my responsibility. "I think we lost possession way too many times in the game, especially in very dangerous areas. FT: Man City 2-1 Arsenal

Arsenal Women fell to a disappointing 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester City in the Women's Super League clash at the Manchester City Academy Stadium.

Victoria Pelova - A really quiet game for Arsenal's new signing, held onto the ball a little too long on occasion. Her first real chance came early in the second half, a fantastic run and was denied by the post. Subbed at the break. Put in a dangerous free-kick before the break but Arsenal were unable to make anything of it. Steph Catley - Gave Hemp and Kelly too much space first half when the hosts were well on top. Struggled to keep possession on occasion when under pressure from City players. Noelle Maritz - Allows Lauren Hemp to get ahead of her for the opener, caught ball watching on too many occasions. Leah Williamson - A rare poor performance from the defender, moved into midfield but almost instantly gave the ball away. Despite late pressure, Arsenal were unable to complete the comeback and snatch something from the game. Instead, it was defender Rafaelle Souza who handed Jonas Eidevall's side a lifeline with a headed effort to make it 2-1. A similar mistake occurred early into the second half, this time substitute Lia Walti lost out but the eventual effort was blocked. City, though, capitalised on some poor defending from the Gunners as Lauren Hemp tapped home to give them the lead shortly after.

Jonas Eidevall took full responsibility for Arsenal's performance in their 2-1 defeat to Man City in the WSL on Saturday, admitting that the first half ...

"I think we lost possession way too many times in the game, especially in very dangerous areas. "And that's why we're so sad - we had a great travelling support, we wanted to give them much more joy than we did today. "Of course that's my responsibility and trying to implement changes during the game, but it's 100% my responsibility.

Manchester City took the game to Arsenal on Saturday in a stellar performance to rectify their cup loss just days earlier.

Had a lot of time in the middle to turn and play the ball. Khadija Shaw - Had plenty of chances but struggled to put the ball in the back of Arsenal’s net. Filippa Angeldahl - Well-timed slide tackle to deny the Gunners early on, strong link-up play in the middle just needs to take her chances and back herself to take a shot on goal. Her work ethic in the middle never dipped and she got the better of Leah Williamson in the middle. In constant communication with the rest of the back line and organised well. Got across the pitch to the left side to cover her back four that pushed up, on Arsenal’s counterattack in the first half - no messing clearances.

Arsenal vs Man City Prediction: Both sides are pretty evenly matched and the Stats suggest the same, We believe the game could end up in 2-2 draw.

Man City’s 10 of its 15 goals came in the second half. - Arsenal has averaged 5.07 shots on target per match and has a goal conversion rate of 36%. - Arsenal has been more dominant at home. Man City has won 3 and lost two in the last five away matches. - In the last 5 home matches, Arsenal scored an average of 2.8 goals. - After suffering a medial ligament injury while playing for Brazil against Cameroon in the World Cup group stages. - Man City has been above par in its last five away games. Arsenal has scored 17 out of 25 goals in the second half at home. - Arsenal has averaged 0.75 above Premier League goals. - Home has been a happy hunting ground for the Arsenal in the last five matches. City has lost two and won one, City are aggregating 2-3 against them. Arsenal will face Manchester City in a key Premier League match at Emirates Stadium on February 15th.

It was an afternoon to forget at the Academy Stadium as we fell to a defeat against Manchester City.

We regained our composure after the break and reverted to a back four, with Lia Walti coming off the bench after several weeks away through injury. This time around, however, we got off to a calamitous start as Lauren Hemp was granted an easy tap-in at the back post after only four minutes played. Rafaelle pulled one back after an hour played but our second-half improvement ultimately came too late to turn the game around.