“They pertained to ruin it”: Marc Skinner states West Ham
Gabby George both struck the woodwork, in what was a frustrating game at Dagenham. United stay in 3rd spot in the WSL, 2 points behind Arsenal and five adrift of leaders Chelsea who have a game in hand.After the match,
Skinner talked to Sky Sports and was far from happy with how the Hammers played at their own grounds.Skinner informed Sky [via BBC]
,”Definitely discouraging. I thought we did enough in the game to win it.” “I do not think West Ham came to win, they pertained to spoil it, which is a completely fine strategy to make, and it has got them a point. But they did not press us, they dropped into a block practically immediately when we got the ball.””Aggravating however there are a lot of positives we can take forward into the Chelsea game. We do not want to drop points but the reality is that you need to beat the challenger ahead of you and we haven’t done that.”The 42-year-old continued,”The 3 groups that
we are going to play next will not play like that, so it will be a totally different game. They will open and try to attack you and there will be more space to play in. We can be more threatening than we were here. We will evaluate and dust ourselves off. “” We made use of the space well but we did not put
the ending on it. We got in behind them and down the sides however then we needed to switch our impulses on in the last 3rd. “” There were a number of fantastic crosses put in, we struck the bar in the first half, and it was the moments that we needed to make matter.” “The pitch plays into both groups’ability to finish in this game,
West Ham weren’t tidy at the other end either. It spoils the game a bit however it’s for both teams. “United go back to action on Wednesday as they invite Chelsea to
Leigh Sports Village. They’ll then host regional rivals Manchester City before finishing up the season on May 10 with a showdown against Arsenal.There is then the little matter of the FA Cup last vs. Chelsea at Wembley a week later.Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson. bsky.social