Renee Slegers and Alessia Russo preview Arsenal's Women's Champions League Quarter-Final first leg tie against Chelsea. Leah Williamson will be out of the match with a hamstring injury.
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00:00 - Intro.
00:06 - Injury News: Williamson out. You didn't see Olivia in training but some are on individual programmes. Asian cup players won't be available.
00:58 - Home record: we love playing at the emirates. It's a good start for us.
01:41 - Chelsea: all teams go through different phases. If I look at their team they have a lot of quality.
02:26 - Russo: We won it last year, but it's a new season and now focus is on doing it again. We're proud of what we've done.
03:17 - Fifa ruling: fortunate to play for Slegers and Wiegman. Hopefully that inspires people.
03:56 - Williamson: not a big issue, just have to be ready.
04:35 - Chelsea prep; short turnaround but doesn't mean the work didn't stop earlier. We just have to be ready.
05:32 - Level of consistency: I'm just enjoying football. We have so many great players, you know what you're gonna get with them. The whole team is in a great place.
06:22 - Scoring record in UWCL: You come up against so many different styles. I love that, I enjoy it in the champions league. I came to Arsenal for those nights.
07:23 - Studied Chelsea's last couple games: we've watched those games and picked up on those details. Different games, different challenges. Chelsea are strong in certain phases of the game and we need to be ready.
08:20 - Young benches: injuries, Asian cup. But often the winning teams average age is quite high, historically in the champions league. Experience is important.
09:20 - Playing your mates: everyone will say as soon as the whistle blows that's out the window.
09:48 - I get to play with amazing players. You're friends before and after.
10:24 - Chelsea turned very easily: they play at the highest level, so do we.
11:34 - We know we're at our best in control. The passion can give us extra percentages. I want to stay controlled the whole 90.
12:49 - Another big moments in women's football: a big game. Good locally for clubs to go together in the champions league. For women's football in England it's big.
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By HaytersTV
March 23, 2026