Slegers presses case for Arsenal job with derby win

The calls for Renee Slegers to beryllium appointed imperishable Arsenal manager could soon scope a crescendo aft yet different awesome triumph successful interim charge, this clip a 3-0 triumph astatine Tottenham successful the northbound London derby.

The Gunners person won 5 retired of six games nether the erstwhile Netherlands midfielder, scoring 19 goals and conceding conscionable two.

That tally includes awesome wins against Valerenga and Juventus successful the Women's Champions League, earlier Saturday stroll astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful the Women's Super League (WSL).

"It is thing the nine indispensable look at, giving her the manager relation [permanently]," erstwhile Arsenal midfielder Fara Williams told BBC Sport.

"That is not to accidental that they request to unreserved into it. While she is getting the results and performances determination is nary request to marque a determination conscionable yet."

The celebrations by the Arsenal fans nestled successful 1 country of the stadium were successful crisp opposition to the commencement of past month, erstwhile supporters jeered manager Jonas Eidevall and called for his dismissal pursuing a 2-1 location decision by Chelsea.

Slegers, who joined Arsenal arsenic Eidevall's adjunct successful September 2023, was installed arsenic interim manager to springiness the nine clip to determine connected a replacement.

"It's a antithetic energy. Renee knows america all," Arsenal skipper Leah Williamson told BBC Sport. "She has connected with everyone individually. We got into a spot of a rut with debased assurance and she has conscionable stripped it backmost and wants the champion retired of each player. It’s working."

Forward Alessia Russo, who opened the scoring against Spurs aft conscionable 63 seconds, said: "We are a small spot much confident. Things don't alteration overnight.

"She has allowed america a small spot of state up determination and we are truly enjoying it. Each crippled is getting amended and amended and we are getting immoderate large results."

Arsenal big Juventus successful the Women's Champions League connected Thursday earlier a two-week spread for the planetary break, meaning a imperishable manager could beryllium successful complaint for their adjacent WSL crippled astatine location to Aston Villa connected 8 December.

Former Arsenal and England subordinate Anita Asante says Slegers, 35, has done capable to gain an extended enactment successful the dugout.

"The grounds speaks for itself truthful far," she told the Football News Show.

"I'm definite determination are sceptics retired determination saying don't get carried away. But it's besides astir the assemblage connection from the players, the impetus they are putting connected the pitch, the performances and results, the goals they are scoring.

"That was a large conflict for them earlier successful the season. They weren't being objective - already that's a transformation."