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Manchester City has suffered three consecutive defeats in the WSL
Manager Gareth Taylor says that Manchester City's Women’s Super League season "is not irreparable" despite a tough start.
The WSL runners up from last season have only won one of the four league games this time.
They will be facing Manchester United on Saturday, who are five places higher than them in fourth.
Taylor stated that although the league situation is not good, a few wins can change everything.
"We are realistic about the current situation and are able to understand it."
United, a new club that was formed in May 2018, will look to beat City in the WSL. The game will be broadcast live on BBC One at 13.15 BST Saturday.
Taylor said it was important to be positive and that this outlook is not a facade.
After City's 2-0 defeat at home by West Ham, Taylor stated that he was the right man to lead City forward.
This was their second consecutive home league loss, coming after being beaten 5-0 by Arsenal.
He said, "There are fine margins between failure and success."
We're not far from you if you consider our games as a whole, and all the content and detail within them.
"I saw a stat for the Arsenal match's 5-0 loss. It didn't feel like a 5-0 defeat to me. Both teams had 16 shots on the target. This shows that we are at the sharp edge of it, and this is where you discover the characters.
Can Spurs maintain strong start?
Tottenham's victory over City at the Academy Stadium was their first win over a club that has won seven major trophies over the past seven seasons.
Spurs are enjoying their best-ever start to a WSL campaign, winning four of the four games to tie Arsenal at points.
Rehanne Skinner is the Spurs' first season under her leadership. She says it's crucial that they don't "take our foot off of the gas" against fourth-placed Brighton.
Skinner stated, "Obviously we set out to improve this club,"
"That's my job, to get us to a higher level of performance and to make sure that we can compete with established teams.
"I am very pleased with how we have started. To get results, we have shown variety early on.
We want to keep it up, but it's a long-term season. It's important to keep it going and, ultimately, we want to be in a good place at the end.
Since being promoted to the top flight, Spurs beat Brighton three times in four WSL meetings.
Hope Powell, Brighton boss, said that they are "a bit like our enemy."
"We have always faced really difficult games against Tottenham. It should be a fascinating encounter on Sunday."
"A point or three would make a huge difference."
On Sunday, Reading will host sixth-placed Aston Villa.
Carla Ward, Villa manager, said that it would be "impossible to score a point or two" before an international break in which they will not play another WSL match for the next four weeks.
Ward stated, "I cannot stand international breaks."
"We are going to lose quite some players. The group will only have seven to eight players left, which is a credit. They are too long.
It's even more frustrating. It's more frustrating than I imagined.
"You want to play video games. Fans want to see them. Players want to play the games."
