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Manchester United girls’s boss Marc Skinner has apologised to supporters after he and his gamers have been handed a humiliating 6-0 by Chelsea at Outdated Trafford on Saturday on the ultimate day of the WSL marketing campaign.
The win successfully handed Chelsea the title – their fifth consecutive crown in a row.
United have been introduced again to actuality in impolite style following final week’s FA Cup last triumph in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur.
A Mayra Ramirez double and objectives from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Sjoeke Nusken, Melanie Leupolz and Fran Kirby have been sufficient to place United to the sword.
The Reds have ended their marketing campaign in fifth place, six factors adrift of Liverpool in fourth and 20 factors behind champions Chelsea.
Skinner, who not too long ago put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension with an possibility for extending by an extra 12 months, spoke to the media after the match and reacted to the disappointing defeat.
He thanked the followers for his or her help earlier than saying sorry for the way the crew carried out. “We love them. We’ve not produced for them at present and we wished to. We’ve produced the primary trophy of what we hope is many sooner or later. Even their voices on the finish, they’re there.”
“Actual supporters help the crew perpetually and we have now actual supporters. I’m sorry for at present however we love them. I’ll make certain I die making an attempt to ship trophies for them for a few years to return.”
On the hole between United and Chelsea, Skinner stated, “No, I don’t suppose it [the result] displays the hole. I feel it displays the hole within the recreation, for positive, however other than that; the counter-attacks have been aggressive. They have been bodily. We knew that was going to occur. And then you definitely get harm on that.”
“So that you’ve obtained to defend these physicalities. However yeah, I imply, other than that, I don’t suppose that we’re a six-nil away from Chelsea. I don’t suppose that in any respect. However we do must proceed to develop the depth of our squad to be able to compete.”
He added, “It appears like [the lowest moment] within the second, proper, however I feel it’s half and parcel of a crew which might be making an attempt to develop. We’re unfolding in entrance of your eyes. We now have to develop, and we have now to attempt issues the place it’s important to recruit extra gamers, and it’s important to proceed to develop so shortly, that the place do you get your consistency?”
“Over the previous few years, we’ve needed to maintain evolving the squad, and we’ve obtained to get to a degree the place that’s minimal, I feel, minimal disruption.”
The 41-year-old gave an replace on Leah Galton, who sustained an harm in the course of the FA Cup last win final week.
Skinner stated that Galton will probably be out for a couple of months however contemplating the character of the setback, the result seems extra constructive than would usually be the case.
The United girls’s boss predicted that the 29-year-old midfielder might miss pre-season however she’ll be again in time by the beginning of the brand new WSL marketing campaign.
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