City equalled Brisbane Roar’s 18-game undefeated streak after losing to Canberra United 2-1 a fortnight ago.

She felt the loss would come eventually and was now looking for to tonight’s game against Perth Glory at AAMI Park.

“I think a bit of the pressure is off us since getting the first loss so I think now we can really regroup without the monkey on our back,” Williams said.

“We’re disappointed to drop points especially in games we dominate possession wise, so we’ve had a meeting and it’s been really positive, everyone can see that we play beautiful football, probably some of the best in the league.

“We just need to be ruthless in front of goals, I think sometimes, we take possession too much and not just taking chances, we all identify the problem and we’re looking forward to what the next part of the season holds.”

Williams said she makes a conscious effort to live in the present after a big 2016 saw her play for NWSL side Houston Dash, compete in the Olympics for the Matildas and took out the PFA Women’s Footballer of the Year award.

Coming from Canberra United she felt the club needed to earn their wins and was under no illusion that the reigning Champions will have another walk in the park.

“All the teams last year wanted to beat City, this year is no different, you can see how much hunger they have when we play against them,” she said.

“I think the approach to each game we were just waiting for the result where I think the mentality now is with two losses is we really need to take the result no matter how we play, we need to make it happen rather than wait.”