News on Laura Wienroither and Lina Hurtig

“We have a really good availability for the game. Laura Wienroither is still out and is going to be out for a couple of more weeks. Apart from that, really good selection of availability.

“[Lina Hurtig] is very very close to being able to make a squad, and I haven’t made my final decision about the squad yet. But if she doesn’t make this squad, I think she has a very good possibility to make the squad on Wednesday against Valerenga.

Learning from the midweek 5-2 defeat to Bayern Munich

“I think our first half is in many parts a quite decent game of football from our side. We are obviously really disappointed with how we act the last 15/20 minutes in the game. I think the last two goals we concede should not happen, shouldn’t look like that.

“And that of course leaves us with a bitter feeling. It was a tough learning point for us to take, but we need to do that in order to get where we want to be and look forward to the game tomorrow.”

Blocking out external criticism

“We only have had one training and that was today, but this was really good. The players are really focused, we’re really determined to put absolutely everything we have onto the pitch tomorrow at the Emirates.

“It’s hard for me what to say to critics because I don’t necessarily know what they are criticising, but the most pressure comes from ourselves. Me personally, I set incredibly high standards on myself and I think I’m gonna be by far the fiercest critic of my performances and the team’s performances.”

Early days for Sonia Bompastor’s Chelsea

“Obviously they haven’t played so many games, it’s not been a lot of competitive games to see them play so far this season. But the games that they have played, we can see that they have clear trademarks in how they play both in and out of possession. I think they look like a really good football team, so it’s gonna be a match between two really good football teams, and we look forward to that challenge.

“I think if you look broadly from a playing style perspective, they’ve been a little bit happier in the games I’ve seen so far to remain compact, not going up and press aggressively, so much as Chelsea did last season. They’ve also been maybe a little less direct in their attacking play, and keeping the ball.”