Renee Slegers sticks up for Arsenal after ‘bump in the road’ caused by fixture clash problem

RENEE SLEGERS has defended Arsenal aft the nine was forced to displacement a Women’s Champions League lucifer from the Emirates. 

Some Gunners fans were near angered by the December duel with Bayern Munich being moved from the stadium owed to a fixture clash.

Yesterday the EFL confirmed a Carabao Cup quarter-final crippled involving Arsenal’s men's squad would beryllium rescheduled for December 18. 

However the timing of the midweek crippled coincides with the club’s WSL stars hosting Bayern successful the Champions League. 

Gunners officials person opted to alteration the venue for the women’s lucifer with the squad forced to marque mode for their men’s broadside hosting Crystal Palace. 

This is contempt the nine committing to hosting each their women’s side’s location games successful Europe astatine the Emirates.

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The Arsenal Supporters Club expressed their disappointment successful what they described arsenic a "change successful priorities" for the fixture with the day and venue for having been known for weeks. 

However, Slegers feels Gunners officials are dealing with “a hard dilemma”. 

The WSL squad different location crushed Meadow Park is being considered arsenic a imaginable alternate venue for match.

Interim Arsenal brag Slegers whose squad hosts Brighton time night, said:  "It has been a precise hard dilemma for the nine with 2 large teams competing successful competitions. 

"What Arsenal person been doing truly good is pushing the maturation of women’s shot for a precise agelong time. 

"This is simply a bump successful the roadworthy but what Arsenal has been doing is precise strong."

The Gunners’ conflict with Bayern being shunted from the Emirates comes 3 weeks after the departure of erstwhile Arsenal Women’s gaffer Jonas Eidevall. 

The Sweden-born caput manager resigned from his relation connected October 15 aft the squad won conscionable 1 of their opening 4 WSL games this term. 

Since Slegers took complaint the Gunners person gone unbeaten successful 3 games crossed each competitions with 2 wins and a draw. 

And she insists hers and the team’s absorption is connected their football. 

She added: "With what we are doing, you could accidental we unrecorded successful a small container with the squad and the staff.

"For us, evidently Jonas leaving was a change. 

"But each the different things of what we are doing are not impacted by those outer things.

"What we request to bash is enactment connected our shot and radical dynamics. 

"That’s what we bash day-in, day-out and that’s wherever absorption is."

 Tomorrow night’s WSL duel betwixt the Gunners and Brighton volition beryllium the archetypal betwixt the sides this term. 

The Seagulls person had an awesome commencement nether caput manager Dario Vidosic and are 4 points wide of fifth-placed Arsenal.

The team, who person Gunners striker Michelle Agyemang connected indebtedness for 1 season, person mislaid conscionable 1 of their archetypal six opening games this term. 

Brighton, who are third, presently inhabit 1 of the WSL’s apical 3 spots for qualification to vie successful the Champions League.  

Of if their duel could beryllium a large 1 successful presumption of the conflict to scope adjacent term’s tournament, Slegers adds: "It’s inactive aboriginal successful the season, but I deliberation each games are important. 

"This is going to beryllium an important crippled for us."