Since our former striker took the reins of our Women’s team in May 2020, he’s added a Continental Cup and FA Cup trophy to our immense cabinet.
In total, the Club has won eight major honours – including the 2016 Barclays Women’s Super League title.
Now, heading into the final four league games of the 2022/23 campaign, City find ourselves again in the midst of a fierce title race alongside Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Only six points separates the fourth placed Gunners and Marc Skinner’s side at the WSL’s summit - while we sit second in the standings.
And Taylor says the players are fully aware of the task at hand before the season’s end.
“I don’t think so [it’s useful to speak of the enormity of matches],” the boss explained.
“I don’t think we need to with the players. We try to normalise it. We never, whether we’re in a cup final or in a game where it’s probably one of the ‘easier’ games in the FA Cup against lower league opposition in the Championship.
“There’s no Churchillian speeches here, it’s a process. We train well and to the right level and we try to replicate that on the pitch.
“When we go out in a calm manner, I think it’s really important that we don’t have to say ‘this is a cup final, this is so important, this means the world’, that’s when all of a sudden you heap pressure on people.
“Just need to perform, feel free in their performance, do what they need to do which helps them contribute to the team.
“The more people and players we have whether that’s in the starting XI or guys from the side, it’ll set us up really well. I think it’s just keeping things normal.
“We do that for cup finals. Nothing changes. There’s not big speeches or videos we need to put on. The players know we’re probably a better version of ourselves when we’re in control.”
Watch Taylor’s full press conference in the video above.
