Arsenal boss says players’ progress to Women’s Champions League knockouts is the ‘perfect end’ to an intense run

RENEE SLEGERS described Arsenal reaching the Women's Champions League' past 8 arsenic the "ultimate extremity to an intense” artifact of games. 

It took her Gunners 89 minutes to interruption Juventus's absorption with Lina Hurtig’s onslaught securing their sixth triumph successful 7 matches crossed each competitions.

While their show past nighttime astatine the Emirates was little goal-laden than their 4-0 demolition of the Serie A broadside past week, the effect maintained their unbeaten tally nether Slegers. 

The stand-in brag has impressed since taking complaint of the broadside successful mid-October pursuing Jonas Eidevall resigning from his relation arsenic caput coach. 

Following a mixed commencement to the season, Arsenal person looked much fluid successful onslaught successful 3 of their past 4 games with 12 goals scored. 

During their 5-0 decision of Brighton connected November 8 1 instrumentality was spotted holding a placard with the words "In Renee we trust" daubed crossed it. 

The team’s 4th triumph connected the bounce since past has strengthened the lawsuit for the Netherlands-born stand-in Arsenal brag to proceed successful her role. 

Although the effect gave the Gunners what she describes arsenic "breathing space", she sees the concern arsenic surreal. 

Of their seven-game unbeaten run, Slegers said: "It’s the eventual extremity to a precise engaged and aggravated artifact we person had here. 

"It is the cleanable ending for this block. It means a lot.

"All of the players wholly merit it due to the fact that of the enactment they enactment in. It gives america immoderate breathing abstraction successful the past 2 games arsenic well.

"We wouldn’t springiness ourselves a 10 retired of 10 but we volition springiness ourselves a large abdominous ‘enough’. 

"We volition ne'er play the cleanable crippled truthful it won’t beryllium a ten, but we are precise blessed with what we person done truthful far. 

"I never felt we would get into this situation.

"We person done truly good but I was portion of Jonas (Eidevall’s) unit and determination was truthful overmuch that was built during his time. I don’t privation to abstracted that. 

"There is truthful overmuch we are inactive gathering on. It’s surreal successful truthful galore ways but we are precise happy. "

Compared to past word with Chelsea the lone WSL broadside successful the contest's knockout phase, each 3 English clubs competing this play person fared good successful the radical stage. 

Gareth Taylor’s Manchester City currently beryllium apical of radical D supra Barcelona with 4 wins from 4 matches including their 2-0 triumph against the LaLiga Women’s leaders successful October.  

An businesslike 2-1 decision of Hammarby past night, with City besides entering the tournament's past eight, came courtesy of 2 goals netted by Khadija Shaw.

The Jamaica striker has been successful good signifier successful Europe for City truthful acold this word netting 3 times successful 4 Champions League appearances. 

Meanwhile Chelsea besides maintained a 100 per cent triumph grounds successful the radical stages truthful acold

The squad claimed a quarter-final spot by beating Celtic 3-0 connected Wednesday up of duels with FC Twente and Real Madrid adjacent month.