Cheap Arsenal soccer shirt captain Kim Little admits that her team’s chances of capturing the Women’s Super League title this season have “diminished a bit” after Friday’s 3-1 defeat against Chelsea.
The victory at Stamford Bridge puts the Blues three points ahead of Manchester City and six ahead of the Gunners.
“Chelsea clearly has the initiative,” Little said.
Chelsea has finished on top in each of the past four seasons.
With only six league games to go, Little added, “We will give everything we have to give it a little chance.”
After a 30-minute delay because of an embarrassing change of tenues, which meant Arsenal brought the wrong socks to the match and had to buy replacement socks at the Chelsea megastore, the Gunners fell behind three times in the first 32 minutes.
But Little did not use the incident as an excuse.
“We’re all professionals, we have to adapt to things,” she added. “We all know we have to come up as soon as the whistle blows and we didn’t do it the way we wanted to.
“There were a few tactical elements at the start that we didn’t fix quickly enough and against a team with the quality of Chelsea you can’t allow that to happen.”
‘This was Arsenal’s chance, they just didn’t show up’
Arsenal last won the WSL title in the 2018-19 season, but are now third and will also be six points behind number two Manchester City if Gareth Taylor’s side win their away game at Brighton on Sunday.
Ex-English midfielder Karen Carney, who played for both Arsenal and Cheap Chelsea soccer shirt played, felt Jonas Eidevall’s team had missed their opportunity.
She said, “I’m disappointed in Arsenal. It was their chance and they didn’t show up. They had the better team, the better squad and sometimes these things happen.
“For me they are not in the title race, now they are out and they have to think about that and so does the manager.
“Chelsea were the better team. You have to want it. I’m not saying Arsenal didn’t want it, but Chelsea wanted it just that little bit more and that’s why Chelsea are in the title race and Arsenal are not.”
Gunners boss Eidevall declined to comment on his team’s chances of becoming champions, but was unhappy with how they played.
He said, “I’m watching this game here, I’m not happy with our performance. That’s the only thing I focus on.
“We have to be unhappy with the way we performed as a team because that’s not our level. I have to take responsibility for that, we have to learn from it and we have to move on next week.”
Arsenal still has a chance at silverware
The Gunners beat Chelsea 4-1 at Emirates Stadium in December and the two teams meet again in the League Cup final on March 31 at Wolves’ Molineux Stadium.
Die ehemalige Stürmerin von Arsenal, Chelsea und Wales, Helen Ward, sagte: “Arsenal wird so long weitermachen, bis es mathematisch unmöglich ist, aber sie wissen, dass es sehr schwierig ist, und werden sich jetzt auf das Kong. Pokalfinale.
“There is too much to do for Arsenal in the WSL right now, especially if Cheap Replica Manchester City soccer shirt WINS [Sunday].
“Trying to close a six-point gap on one team is hard enough, but when there are two teams ahead by six points, you depend on all kinds of results going your way,” he said.
“At this point in the season, I don’t see that happening for Chelsea or Manchester City.”