Women’s football: Renée Slegers said Arsenal’s response to their 1-1 draw with Manchester United in November was a “critical moment” in helping her determine whether she wanted her interim role to be made permanent. Suzanne Wrack reports on how the the 35-year-old Dutch woman became the permanent successor to Jonas Eidevall after an impressive temporary spell in charge …
Brentford: The Bees host league leaders Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium tomorrow and their manager Thomas Frank has been talking up his team’s chances of getting a result against the visitors following their impressive come-from-behind draw against Manchester City in midweek. Brentford were two goals down against the defending champions after 80 minutes but rescued a point courtesy of goals from Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard
“They have so many threats from so many angles, so it will be a tough test but we know we back ourselves against any team,” he told reporters. “If we perform, we believe that we can win any game, and especially at Gtech. It will be difficult and I think we need to be brave again on Saturday, but also be clever.”
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