Manchester Metropolis supervisor Gareth Taylor is unsure about Lauren Hemp’s availability for Saturday’s Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL) recreation towards Chelsea.
Hemp was lacking from the motion as Man Metropolis defeatedHammarby 2-0 within the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League on Tuesday night time.
Taylor has since confirmed that the membership are involved with a “knee situation” that the ahead sustained within the workforce’s WSL assembly with Crystal Palace a fortnight in the past.
“We all know that it’s only a knee situation which I feel the motion occurred towards Palace,” he mentioned. “On the time she did not suppose it was something an excessive amount of.”
Hemp placed on a stellar show simply days later towards Tottenham Hotspur, a recreation during which Metropolis stormed dwelling to a 4-0 victory on the Etihad Stadium.
“She performed in that recreation with no sort of main points, other than a slight niggle,” mentioned Taylor. “We needed to handle her load since that that recreation, that took her out of the Hammarby recreation.”
Nevertheless, the Cityzens’ head coach mentioned there’s nonetheless an opportunity she may play within the decisive recreation towards Chelsea. I feel there’s an opportunity tomorrow that she may prepare and play on the weekend,” he mentioned. “In order that’s good, however we’ll take that call with the medical workers and Lauren tomorrow.”
Contemplating the firing type she has discovered herself in, the membership will likely be desirous to have Hemp participate on this weekend’s match at Stamford Bridge. The England star was awarded as October’s WSL Participant of the Month, all earlier than recording three assists towards Tottenham final Friday night time.
“In fact you wish to see Hempo in these video games she’s clearly a prime, prime participant for us,” mentioned Taylor. ” It’s actually powerful as a coach, as a result of that high quality is goes with out saying, however I’ve to provide nice credit score to the gamers who stepped in. They actually stood as much as the duty of a bodily recreation towards Hammarby and for us to have 9 factors after three video games is absolutely optimistic.”
