Willie Kirk: Leicester City boss eyes top-half Women's Super League finish

Boss Willie Kirk says Leicester City have a "whole lot more to achieve" after equalling their best points tally in the Women's Super League.

After two seasons battling to avoid relegation, they now have eight games remaining to try to set a club-record points total in the top flight.

"I'm not one for looking backwards, it's all about looking forward," Kirk told BBC East Midlands Today.

"It's quite easy to maintain that upward trajectory because we are very ambitious and there is a whole lot more that we want to achieve.

"And this season there have been a lot of firsts - we got our first points against Spurs, our first WSL goals against Arsenal, we picked up our first points in the first game of the season.

"It's been a massive upward spike in terms of expectations, both internally and from the outside world looking at us.

"We are just learning how to deal with all those things."

Victory against Bristol City moved seventh-placed Leicester to within three points of Tottenham in sixth.

With a trip to London to face Spurs next month and their WSL season ending against Liverpool, who are fifth and a further three points ahead, Kirk says the Foxes are focused on finishing in the top half of the table for the first time.

"We know we have a gap to close," Kirk said.

"They are two games we were disappointed with in the first half of the season - drawing with Tottenham after being ahead and we just never showed up at Liverpool for some reason.

"I think both teams can be caught. It will be tough because they have more resources than us and they are in that position, but it's definitely not insurmountable.

"Nothing is insurmountable when you look at last season - we were sat on zero points and everyone said there was no relegation battle because Leicester were down and there was a seven-point gap that had never been turned over and we turned it over."