Emma Hayes’s injury-hit side have not been at their swaggering best this term but have the nous to claim a third straight double
Hayes said that “this year our team has been written off quite easily”, but that is not entirely true. The quality of Chelsea’s performances has come under fire regularly, but their doggedness and ability to win despite not playing their best football have meant they have been impossible to write off.
There are huge caveats to their sometimes less than convincing performances. Chelsea have been without their star forwards, Fran Kirby and Pernille Harder, for much of the season. They were also without the starting centre-backs Millie Bright and Kadeisha Buchanan for both games against Barcelona as theyEmma Hayes consoles her Chelsea players after their Champions League defeat by Barcelona – since then they have been in devastating form.
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