Guns still on target

SLEGERS BACKING STARS TO KEEP FINAL DREAM ALIVE

- ALAN BUTLER

RENEE SLEGERS says she has full faith in her Arsenal side to turn things around in their Champions League semifinal second leg.

Melchie Dumornay scored an 82nd-minute winner as Lyon stunned the hosts to win the first leg of their clash at The Emirates.

Mariona Caldentey had equalised for the home side four minutes prior to the eventual winner after Arsenal, who struggled to replicate the form shown in their midweek 5-1 thrashing of Leicester, had fallen behind to Kadidiatou Diani's goal.

But after Calendtey's penalty, Lyon's front three caused further issues for Arsenal's backline and Dumornay was on hand to steal the win ahead of the return leg next Sunday.

Slegers says the task ahead is tough, but nothing more than she expected.

She said: “We grew into the game. We knew it was going to be a hard challenge. Lyon are a hard team to beat and they have a lot of quality.

“We started to play our game in the second and we dominated and there was a really good phase. We worked really hard to get that goal so we are really disappointed with the loss and the goal we conceded after that.