Leicester City boss Rick Passmoor was candid in his post match assessment after the Women's Super League's bottom club suffered a brutal 6-0 loss against leaders Manchester City on Friday evening.
"It's a real tough one - it shows you the gulf between top and bottom," he said. "You can see why they are doing well, they only recently put five past Chelsea and also six against Aston Villa, so they are flying all across the park."
The league leaders flexed the full extent of their attacking muscles to put the Foxes to the sword, most ruthlessly so when they took their advantage from 1-0 to 4-0 in the space of a dizzying 10 minutes in the first half.
"You have to come into these games and compete," he said. "You have to stay in the games when momentum is swinging against you.
"Potentially it is the most disappointing performance this season."
Despite the heavy defeat, 12th-placed Leicester did have their chances in the early stages, with Alisha Lehmann hitting the post at 0-0, and Shannon O'Brien crashing a shot off the crossbar at 2-0.
Asked if the game may have turned out differently had one of those chances gone in Passmoor replied: "100%. You've got to take those chances because against the top teams you're not going to get many.
"We had some good play, created some good opportunities and in terms of recent games, we are thinking if we can be ruthless in those little moments. Because it changes the narrative."