What Is The Impact Of Leicester's 'gut-wrenching' Defeat?

With conscionable 5 games remaining, Leicester City request to quickly move things astir to debar relegation from nan Women's Super League.

Defeat by Aston Villa connected Sunday was their sixth successful a statement and kept nan Foxes 3 points adrift astatine nan ft of nan table.

There were faint hopes of their fortunes turning astir astatine King Power Stadium, erstwhile Alisha Lehmann netted to springiness them a 1-0 advantage astatine nan break - but normal work soon resumed.

They lapsed successful nan 2nd half and Villa came from down to win.

It was a consequence erstwhile England striker Ellen White described arsenic "gut-wrenching".

Leicester fans person go accustomed to disappointment this season, this their 12th conclusion successful nan league, but contempt their situation, Leicester head Rick Passmoor is hopeful "the tide will turn" for his side.

"The will is there, nan togetherness is there, nan civilization is there," he told BBC Sport."We are not going distant - we are not turning our backmost connected this fight. Our destiny is still successful our hands."

This nonaccomplishment was peculiarly galling fixed triumph would person taken them retired of nan relegation spot supra West Ham connected extremity quality and followed a promising first-half display.

Speaking connected BBC Two, White said: "They were truthful positive, truthful nonstop and they sewage 1-0 up successful nan first half. Then, they conscionable needed to unopen up shop."

Even if Leicester decorativeness bottommost this season, it will not beryllium fatal for them.

As nan Women's Super League is expanding to 14 teams, nary broadside will beryllium automatically relegated, but nan 12th-placed nine will look a relegation play-off astatine nan location of whoever finishes 3rd successful nan WSL 2.