Andrée Jeglertz says that his Manchester City side ‘deserved more’ from their trip to Chelsea on Saturday.

Jeglertz was speaking after his side fell to a 1-0 defeat away to their closest title rivals Chelsea. The Halfway Line was present to hear from the Swedish head coach after the match.

Jeglertz says Manchester City ‘deserved more’ from visit to Chelsea

With 15 minutes to play, Ayaka Yamashita was dismissed after bringing down Alyssa Thompson who was charging through on goal. Jeglertz was invited to elaborate on how the red card changed the game,

“Of course, it is always affecting [you] when you’re getting one player down” Jeglertz said. “So of course that changed a little bit of where we were into in that game. I think we were on our way to turning it around a little bit. So of course it changed but I also think the players dealt with it in a good way.

“So even though we were one player down, I think we had a couple of great opportunities to score a goal. So, of course, it’s affecting, but we handled that, that’s not why we are losing the game.

“I think it’s more details, I think it’s a tight game, I think it’s two great football teams. There’s a lot of situations, there’s a lot of battles in the game, and they manage to score on their big chance from a great finish.

“We have also a couple of great opportunities where we don’t manage to score. So it’s small details, but I think we deserve more than going away from here with no points.”

Jeglertz elected to substitute Aoba Fujino in order to bring on another goalkeeper after the sending off, the Swede was asked why he chose to replace Fujino,

“Yeah, Aoba was also amazing in the game” Jegertz exclaimed. “I think now it’s a little bit of how do we, if you are one one goal down and you want to also have an opportunity to create scoring opportunities, then it’s almost like how do you attack then?

“My idea was to keep both Viv [Miedema] and Bunny [Shaw] up front as two forwards. Then I need three midfielders, and Blinky [Laura Blindkilde Brown], Yui [Hasegawa], and Lauren [Hemp] was the one I chose instead, and I needed to take a midfielder out.”

Andrée Jeglertz lauds ‘amazing’ Vivianne Miedema on her return

Vivianne Miedema made her long awaited return from injury off the bench at Stamford Bridge. In just 30 minutes the Dutch woman played two key passes, the only player to make more was her strike partner Bunny Shaw. Jeglertz was asked to speak on her quality,

“First of all, she’s an amazing football player” Jeflertz said. “Coming on, giving us something additional with her game understanding, decision making on the ball, calm on the ball, always a threat.

“So for us, it’s fantastic to have her back, and really it brings the next level for our team. She was so important for us last year, and now we just need to make sure that we load her in a good way.”