Tough period 'good learning' for London City

London City Lionesses manager Eder Maestre says recent games against top-level opposition has been "a very good learning process" for the squad.

The Women's Super League side have faced leaders Manchester City, European champions Arsenal and League Cup runners-up Manchester United in their past five matches, picking up just one win against Brighton.

Next, they welcome defending champions Chelsea at The Den in Millwall on Saturday (12:00 GMT).

"We have learned a lot of things. Trying to adapt to a new coach, a new way of training and to face every action every day," said Maestre.

"I think we're moving forward in the way we're understanding the new way to play and to train. We think about our mini goals.

"It's a very good learning process for me as well and I'm very pleased with what has happened. We're ready to face all the challenges that is in front of us."

Before the Chelsea game, Maestre hopes his experienced players can help maintain "energy" in training and build confidence.

"If we look backwards, and we can see the way we weren't able to bring the results, the margins were so tight," he added. "It's something that the players need to improve on, be more clinical and more experienced to cope in those moments that appear in every game.

"It's about bringing in that working culture and training hard to improve their levels. They are young players. The margins with them aren't too big."