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Renée: "The tempo was spot on"

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There was a lot for Renée Slegers to admire about Sunday's 1-0 win over Manchester City.

She opted to start Olivia Smith in a more central position up front than what we're used to seeing and it paid dividends as she opened the scoring early on.

We then protected that lead in style, keeping a clean sheet against the Barclays Women's Super League leaders.

"I think we played against the number one in the table today and they've been really, really good," she said. "We also had high belief in ourselves going into this game. Two really good teams going against each other, with fine margins, with a lot of quality on the pitch, where momentum would shift.