Chamberlain talks about Tobin Heath's importance

Tobin Heath

and

Lauren James

have been injured, and The

former player

Siobhan Chamberlain

thinks these injuries could reduce their title chance.

“I think Heath is key to it [a title challenge] but you also look at Lauren James, Alessia Russo, they’re big players for United,"

Chamberlain told Goal

. "They’re three players there who are key to Manchester United’s success and unfortunately they’re going to be without them for a period of time.

"Hopefully Lauren James won’t be out for too long but it’s definitely a massive blow considering they haven’t got a huge squad.

“That’s probably one of the biggest things for Manchester City this year. You look at the size of their squad, the depth they’ve got is fantastic. It’s up there trying to compete with the depth that Chelsea have got.”

And about Manchester United’s match against City after their 2-0 defeat she added:

“I don’t think you’ll be seeing defending the same. I think if Casey Stoney made any kind of impact by how she feels about that game Manchester United will make sure they’re defending set pieces properly,” Chamberlain explained.

“Casey is so meticulous in her planning and organizing and making sure everything is done in a particular way. She will be very disappointed in the way those set pieces were defended and ultimately the way the game was lost. She’s got strong attention to detail so she’ll make sure her team are well drilled in understanding what she wants.”

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