Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor has been speaking to the media before Sunday’s Women’s Super League game against West Ham (kick-off 13:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Leila Ouahabi is back in contention after sustaining an injury in City’s season opener against Arsenal.
On Jill Roord’s return from an ACL injury, Taylor said they need to manage her minutes but that “she looks better than I’ve ever seen her”.
Going into a Champions League week is “exciting”, but Taylor says his “full focus” is against West Ham rather than Barcelona.
He said City will be “under no illusions” that West Ham will be “difficult to play against”.
Asked whether Yui Hasegawa is one of the best midfielders in the world, Taylor said: “When you’re talking about holding midfielders, she is certainly in that ballpark”.
Taylor said the football calendar was starting to become “a bit dangerous” and if he was in the same position as Chelsea, with a WSL game scheduled on a Sunday before a Tuesday-night Champions League match, that he would also want the WSL fixture to be postponed.
