ARSENAL BOSS SLEGERS HAILS OLD CLUB TWENTE AS PIONEERS

ARSENAL head coach Renee Slegers praised tonight's Champions League opponents FC Twente for their "pioneering" work in women's football.

- By ROBERT O'CONNOR

TOP GUNS Ireland captain Katie McCabe (from right) with Arsenal teammates Beth Mead, Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley during training at Sobha Realty Training Centre yesterday

Slegers played for the Eredivisie side between 2007 and 2011, which coincided with the first four years of the league in the Netherlands.

However, there will be no room for sentiment when the teams meet at Meadow Park, with the European champions in desperate need of a win after losing two of their four matches so far.