Arsenal

Renee Slegers has just told Sky Sports that Arsenal are "at the moment, not in the conversation" for the title race.

Full quotes to follow.

Arsenal

Arsenal defender Lotte Wubben-Moy: "The fans were incredible today so anything I say, they don't want to hear it. It's a game of fine margins, a game of moments. They capitalised on the chances, they created the clear-cut chances that ultimately saw them the result today. It's with incredible disappointment that I am standing here knowing that the actions we put out on the pitch today weren't good enough.

"We fought for ourselves, we fought for Renee [Slegers], we fought for the fans and I think we can look at ourselves in the mirror and be like okay we weren't the better team today. Football is a crazy game. The two games that we have lost this season against Chelsea and Man City are stand alone results. I think it's put us in an unprecedented position being where we are in the table and it's up to us to get ourselves out of it."

Title race: "Regardless of the game that we go into as Arsenal football club, we want to win so Man City, Chelsea, any game that we play, that's the mindset going into it. We fought for ourselves today but the result didn't reflect that."

On sticking together: "It sounds cliche but there is the next game. There always is and always will be. We'll look at ourselves in the mirror but coming up now is the international break and we will use that time to reset."

Charlton Athletic

Charlton goalkeeper and captain Sophie Whitehouse: "It just wasn't good enough from us. Obviously against Manchester City last week we performed at our best, today it just wasn't our best.

"It's frustrating for it to go that way. We started really well, we scored early. I thought we had the momentum but obviously the goals change that. It was tough to get back into the game and obviously we switched off in the end.

"It will be good for us to have a reset moment. We've had a tough block with the games that we've had. We've had some hard games against hard opposition. So we'll take the international break, reset, and come back probably even stronger than we have performed.

"It's a tough league. The jump up is so big. We're realising that early. You can't make any mistakes otherwise teams capitalise. We're excited to be here and we're going to keep pushing. It's only the first block so we will come back stronger."

Sue Smith
Former Leeds and England forward on BBC Radio 5 Live

Like you say, it's so early. I just can't see Manchester City dropping that amount of points. This side are good, the fight they've got, the togetherness they've got. I think the manager is brilliant.

Yeah I do actually think they are out of the title race [Arsenal], it does seem stupid for me to say it so early. The pressure is certainly on for Slegers, I think it was on before this game.

You look at the players on the bench, there's so many good players who would get into any WSL sides. I looked at her body language at the end, she looks down. It was always going to be tough against Man City at home.

This is Arsenal's worst start to a WSL season since 2014.

Manchester City

Manchester City's Lauren Hemp, who scored twice: "It's massive for us. Obviously we've had a couple of draws recently which is not our standard and I thought we played really well today, we did well to come from behind a couple of times and obviously got the result in the end so credit to this team. I feel like we fought for every single ball, we are very passionate and obviously got the job done in the end which is great.

"It was very difficult, they're a good team. They played some good passes and obviously went forward. It’s important that we came back and I think that shows the character of our team, that no matter who we come up against, I feel like we'll give it our all and in the end we got the job done.

"I think for us it's about taking each game as it comes and obviously all go away for the international break and after that we'll come back together and hopefully carry on this start to the season."

Arsenal have lost after scoring the opening goal in the WSL for the first time since 4 February 2024 against West Ham (37 games without defeat).

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton's Olivia Garcia: "It's nice to finally see our good football translate into wins and the results we want. It was a great day today. Shout out to everyone on the team, the fans especially, no better way to spend a Sunday afternoon."

On who scored Brighton's fourth goal: "I'll have to look back or see. Whoever it was it was brilliant. We've been working on trying to get goals off set pieces so either way I'm glad to have contributed to the win."

On winning just before the international break: "It's good to finally see our good moments translate into results. It's a good way to put a pause on the season and it's a good little boost of confidence for the girls going into camp. We use this win to keep building and growing. We've got a good opponent, Manchester City, up next so we'll take away all the good stuff from this game and always keep going and learning."

Despite scoring four goals today, City finished the game with an xG of just 0.92, while Arsenal's was up at 1.59.

Chelsea

Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh: "I think it was massive, obviously we've had a really tough block and I think we felt as though if we didn't have a good performance or win this game we wouldn't have deemed it a good block."

On her goal: "I mean I should have had about three today to be fair but I think when Lexi plays she just gives me the freedom to go forward. I feel really confident and I'm just enjoying my football. I think that is the biggest part of it to be honest."

On West Ham being hard to break down: "It was just about trying to wear them down and break them down a little bit and I think in the second half we moved the ball a bit faster and was just trying to play a little bit quicker when we won the ball back. I think sometimes you've just got to wait for it to open up and take your chances and that's what we did today."

On the first block of games: "We've had a really good start. In the first game we should have scored more goals but off the back of that we have played some really good teams and I think we have been in good form. The team is fighting for each other and we're playing really well so hopefully that continues when we come back."

Man City sit top of the table after a brilliant five wins from five.

For Arsenal, though, it doesn't make for good viewing.

Stay tuned for all the reaction from this one but also from the games that took place earlier today.

Renee Slegers goes over to the Arsenal fans and is almost apologising to them. She looks emotional and pats the badge as they applaud her back.

Sue Smith
Former Leeds and England forward on BBC Radio 5 Live

Does Slegers know her best 11? I don't think she does. She has those signings and she's not played them.

Five games and five wins for Man City heading into the international break.

For Arsenal, it's looking pretty bleak.

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It'll be interesting to hear the thoughts of Arsenal boss Renee Slegers at the end of this one.

Another disappointing day for the Gunners.

Arsenal work it into the box but Kim Littler, under pressure from Yui Hasegawa, lifts a cross behind for a goal kick.

Huge applause for Aoba Fujino as she makes way for Grace Clinton.