![]() "If I saw Pernille Harder coming off the bench, I'd be terrified. Still building up her match-fitness after a hamstring injury, Cuthbert believes the very presence of her returning team-mate should strike fear in every opposing team. On Sunday, Chelsea warmed up for the FA Cup final with a 7-0 win over Everton in which Danish striker Pernille Harder came on for the injured Kerr to score with her first touch. Even if we don't have the answers, we go out and find them." Manchester City were really, really good on the day and when they equalized, they put a bit of pressure on us, it went to extra time, they had the upper hand but one thing about this dressing room is we always seem to find a way. "The team's resilience and I think our mentality, to never give up. Opponents Manchester City denied Cuthbert her winning moment and took the game into extra time where Chelsea endured thanks to another Wembley goal from Sam Kerr, a victory which Cuthbert believes encapsulates her team's winning belief. ![]() Especially when it hits off the crossbar, comes down and hits the top of the net, that really is pretty good going. I don't normally score a lot of goals so that was certainly one to remember. Reflecting on that goal a year on, Cuthbert said "what a moment that was for myself personally. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images City goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck during the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London. In 2018, she came off the bench at Wembley as Chelsea defeated Arsenal in the Women's FA Cup Final but in the last two finals she has played every minute, scoring what looked to be the winning goal against Manchester City, with a stunning shot which crashed in off the underside of the crossbar.Ĭhelsea's Erin Cuthbert (not pictured) scores their side's second goal of the game past Manchester. The versatile Cuthbert has not always been a guaranteed starter for Chelsea in her seven years at the club. But every game is so different, it requires a different strategy and I think we've got a team that can sort of flip between both and we've got enough quality in the dressing room that whatever the manager asks of us, we can carry out that game-plan". we've shown we can do it domestically as well, when we done that against Manchester United. For us, being able to sit off teams is a strategy that we adopt depending on the opposition. Emma's said to us in games that you have to be able to suffer. ![]() "I think especially in Europe this season, we've shown that we can play different types of football. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Getty Images Women's Super League match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Kingsmeadow on Main Kingston upon Thames, England. KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: Players of Chelsea celebrate victory following the FA. Speaking to me about that game, Cuthbert believes this ability to switch game-plans is fundamental to how Chelsea have stayed at the top of the English game. The tactic was effective with the champions winning by a single Sam Kerr goal scored in the first half. In the second of those league wins over Manchester United, Chelsea, playing at home, unusually sat back and conceded possession, content to hit their opponents on the counter-attacks. Chelsea is a club where winning is a core part of Chelsea teams, so we want to win everything and I think being able to refine and add every year is going to be really important for staying at the top because the gap is getting narrower." ![]() "That's drilled into us in training every day, about being competitive and being winners. So having a target on your back each and every season is quite hard, staying at the top is hard, it requires a lot of psychological training, mental training, mental toughness, mentality." "Having a target on your back each and every season requires you to adapt and change the way you play a little bit because everybody starts to figure you out in every single game, there are no easy games in our league any more.
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